The relation between X-ray spectral index and the Eddington ratio in AGNs

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2005-08-26

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0508582v1

Chin.J.Astron.Astrophys. 5S (2005) 289-293

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

5 pages, 3 figues

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Using the H$\beta$ linewidth, we obtained the virial central supermassive black hole masses and then the Eddington ratios in a sample of broad-line AGNs and NLS1s observed by ASCA. Combined with the data from ROSAT and Chandra observations, We found a strong correlation between hard/soft X-ray photon index and the Eddington ratio. Such a correlation can be understood by a two-zone accretion flow model, in which zone is a thin disk and the inner zone is an advection-dominated accretion flow (ADAF) disk. The relation between X-ray photon index and the Eddington ratio may account for NLS1s with not too steep X-ray photon index founded by SDSS. If this relation is directly related to the accretion disk, it may also exist in the accretion disk of different scales (such as microquasar).

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