Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992aipc..254..264s&link_type=abstract
In: Testing the AGN paradigm; Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Topical Astrophysics Conference, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, Oc
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Accretion Disks, Active Galactic Nuclei, Black Body Radiation, Black Holes (Astronomy), Continuous Radiation, Periodic Variations, Ultraviolet Radiation, Iue, Seyfert Galaxies, Spectral Bands, Thermal Radiation
Scientific paper
The short-wave UV continuum of NGC5548 varied quasi-periodically during the IUE monitoring from December 1988 to August 1989. The spectral index of this SWP continuum varied in tight correlation with it, inviting comparison with models to search for clues to the physical nature of the continuum source. The observed covariation of spectral index and continuum are consistent with the model of a black body of constant area (that of a sphere the size of Neptune's orbit) but variable temperature ( 18,000K to 25,000 K). A thin accretion disk around a black hole may also be consistent with this data if the accretion rate can be variable on time scales of 100 days while remaining uniform across the disk. There is marginal evidence for hysteresis in which spectral index changes lead changes in the SWP flux, although the CCF peaks at zero time lag.
Ptak Roger L.
Stoner Richard E.
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