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Steep X-ray reflection emissivity profiles in AGN as the result of radially structured disc ionization

The result's identifiers

  • Result code in IS VaVaI

    <a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985815%3A_____%2F19%3A00518060" target="_blank" >RIV/67985815:_____/19:00518060 - isvavai.cz</a>

  • Result on the web

    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz408" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz408</a>

  • DOI - Digital Object Identifier

    <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz408" target="_blank" >10.1093/mnras/stz408</a>

Alternative languages

  • Result language

    angličtina

  • Original language name

    Steep X-ray reflection emissivity profiles in AGN as the result of radially structured disc ionization

  • Original language description

    X-ray observations suggest high compactness of coronae in active galactic nuclei as well as in X-ray binaries. The compactness of the source implies a strong radial dependence in the illumination of the accretion disc. This will, for any reasonable radial profile of the density, lead to a radial profile of the disc ionization. Svoboda et al. showed on a single example that assuming a radially structured ionization profile of the disc can cause an artificial increase of the radial emissivity parameter. We further investigate how the X-ray spectra are modified and quantify this effect for a wide range of parameters. Computations are carried out with the current state-of-the-art models for relativistic reflection. We simulated spectra using the response files of the microcalorimeter X-IFU, which is planned to be on board of Athena. We assumed typical parameters for X-ray bright Seyfert-1 galaxies and considered two scenarios for the disc ionization: (1) a radial profile for the disc ionization and (2) a constant disc ionization. We found that steep emissivity profiles can be indeed achieved due to the radial profile of the disc ionization, which becomes more important for the cases where the corona is located at low heights above the black hole and this effect may even be more prominent than the geometrical effects. We also found that the cases with high inner disc ionization, rapidly decreasing with radius, may result in an inaccurate black hole spin measurements.

  • Czech name

  • Czech description

Classification

  • Type

    J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

  • CEP classification

  • OECD FORD branch

    10308 - Astronomy (including astrophysics,space science)

Result continuities

  • Project

    Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

  • Continuities

    P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Others

  • Publication year

    2019

  • Confidentiality

    S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Data specific for result type

  • Name of the periodical

    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

  • ISSN

    1365-2966

  • e-ISSN

  • Volume of the periodical

    485

  • Issue of the periodical within the volume

    1

  • Country of publishing house

    GB - UNITED KINGDOM

  • Number of pages

    9

  • Pages from-to

    239-247

  • UT code for WoS article

    000466786400016

  • EID of the result in the Scopus database

    2-s2.0-85070110652