Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Oct 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007ap%26ss.311..137n&link_type=abstract
Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 311, Issue 1-3, pp. 137-141
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Accretion Disc, X-Rays: Binaries, Galaxies: Active
Scientific paper
Strong gravity effects should have crucial impact on structure and radiative properties of an accretion flow surrounding a black hole. We discuss several observational consequences of such effects. (i) We note that the hard X-ray spectra of Seyfert galaxies, which appear to be intrinsically harder when observed at higher inclination angles, may be most naturally explained by radiative properties of plasmas in the Kerr metric. (ii) We indicate bending of photon trajectories to the equatorial plane, which is a distinct property of rapidly rotating black holes, as the most feasible effect underlying reduced variability of the Fe K α line observed in several objects. (iii) Both the extreme Fe line profile and the variability pattern (observed, e.g., in a Seyfert galaxy MCG 6-30-15) independently indicate that a primary hard X-ray source must be located within a few gravitational radii from the Kerr black hole. We indicate a hot inner corona as the most likely model of such a source.
Frankiewicz Ryszard
Niedzwiecki Andrzej
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