X-ray Reflection

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Dec 2010

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010ssrv..157..167f&link_type=abstract

Space Science Reviews, Volume 157, Issue 1-4, pp. 167-176

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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X-Ray Astronomy, Radiation Processes

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Material irradiated by X-rays produces backscattered radiation which is commonly known as the Reflection Spectrum. It consists of a structured continuum, due at high energies to the competition between photoelectric absorption and electron scattering enhanced at low energies by emission from the material itself, together with a complex line spectrum. We briefly review the history of X-ray reflection in astronomy and discuss various methods for computing the reflection spectrum from cold and ionized gas, illustrated with results from our own work reflionx. We discuss how the reflection spectrum can be used to obtain the geometry of the accretion flow, particularly the inner regions around black holes and neutron stars.

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