UV to X-ray Spectra of Radio-Quiet Quasars. Comparison With Accretion Disk Models

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1997-06-12

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9706118v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted for publication in Astron. Astrophys. Main Journal, 13 pages, Latex, 9 Postscript figures, Springer A&A style file L-

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We present UV to soft X-ray spectra of 31 radio-quiet quasars, comprising data from the IUE ULDA database and the ROSAT pointed observation phase. 90 % of the sample members show a soft X-ray excess above an underlying hard X-ray power law spectrum. Particularly for the steep X-ray spectrum (alpha_energy > 1.5), low redshift subsample (17 objects) the X-ray spectral power law index is strongly correlated with the optical to X-ray broad-band spectral index alpha_ox, indicating that the main contribution to the soft X-ray and optical emission is due to the same emission component. We model the UV/soft X-ray spectra in terms of thermal emission from a geometrically thin alpha-accretion disk. The structure and radiation field of the disk is calculated self-consistently and Compton scattering is treated by the Kompaneets equation. All relativistic effects on the disk structure and the emergent disk spectrum are included. Satisfactory spectral fits of the UV and soft X-ray continuum spectra are achieved when additional non-thermal hard X-ray and IR power law emission components are taken into account. The UV and soft X-ray spectra are well described by emission resulting from accretion rates in the range ~0.1 to ~0.3 times the Eddington accretion rate. Low mass/low redshift objects are found to accret at < 0.15 Mdot_Eddington. Correlations of the accretion disk parameters with alpha_ox are discussed.

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