Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-11-22
New Astron. 9 (2004) 663-667
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
22 pages, 6 figures
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.newast.2004.06.004
Observations of AGNs and microquasars by ASCA, RXTE, Chandra and XMM-Newton indicate the existence of broad X-ray emission lines of ionized heavy elements in their spectra. Such spectral lines were discovered also in X-ray spectra of neutron stars and X-ray afterglows of GRBs. Recently, Zakharov et al. (MNRAS, 2003, 342, 1325) described a procedure to estimate an upper limit of the magnetic fields in regions from which X-ray photons are emitted. The authors simulated typical profiles of the iron $K_\alpha$ line in the presence of magnetic field and compared them with observational data in the framework of the widely accepted accretion disk model. Here we further consider typical Zeeman splitting in the framework of a model of non-flat accretion flows, which is a generalization of previous consideration into non-equatorial plane motion of particles emitting X-ray photons. Using perspective facilities of space borne instruments (e.g. Constellation-X mission) a better resolution of the blue peak structure of iron $K_\alpha$ line will allow to evaluate the magnetic fields with higher accuracy.
Bao Yongjun
Ma Zhibo
Zakharov Aleksandr F.
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