The Shape of the Fe Kα Spectral Line in the Case of Partly Obscured Accretion Disk

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics

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Infall, Accretion, And Accretion Disks, X-Ray, Quasars

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X-ray emission from a relativistic accretion disk around central Black Hole (BH) of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) could be significantly absorbed by an outfiowing wind, especially in case of so-called Low Ionization Broad Absorption Line (LoBAL) quasars. Recent observations of such quasars (e.g. Mrk 231) confirmed the presence of X-ray absorbers in these objects. In this paper we studied the changes of the Fe Kα spectral line shape in the case when a portion of the accretion disk is blocked from our view by the X-ray absorbing/obscuring material, while the rest of the accretion disk is less absorbed/obscured and visible. To analyze the disk emission we used a ray-tracing method considering both metrics: Schwarzschild and Kerr. Obtained results show that absorbing/obscuring material can induce significant changes in the Fe Kα line shape, depending on geometry of the X-ray absorbers.

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