Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1998-06-22
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
8 pages; uses epsf.sty, rotate.sty; submitted to A&A
Scientific paper
We present a detailed study of the observable effects of photoionization and Comptonization of line and continuum radiation from a cold accretion disk with a thin, warm, photoionized transition layer in the framework of self-consistent accretion-disk corona models for Galactic black-hole candidates. We use an iterative method to treat the non-linear radiation feedback between the transition layer and the hot corona numerically using a Monte-Carlo Comptonization code in combination with the photoionization and line transfer code XSTAR. The subset of the parameter space allowed in self-consistent accretion-disk corona systems on energetic grounds is explored, checking for the emergence of emission lines and/or absorption edges, with special emphasis on the spectral range $E \lesssim 1$ keV where such features might become observable with the advent of the AXAF satellite. Comparing our model calculations to the broadband spectrum of GX~339-4, we find good agreement with the observed spectral features and discuss how the future detection of the predicted features at lower energies can be used to constrain parameters.
Boettcher Markus
Liang Edison P.
Smith Ian A.
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