X-Ray Line Profile Variations during Quasar Microlensing

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aad0f3" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aad0f3</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aad0f3" target="_blank" >10.3847/1538-4357/aad0f3</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

X-Ray Line Profile Variations during Quasar Microlensing

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Observations of several gravitationally microlensed quasars in X-rays revealed variations in the profile of the iron K alpha line in the course of microlensing events. We explore the effect by simulating a microlensing caustic crossing a spatially resolved model of emission from a thin accretion disk around a Kerr black hole. We demonstrate the sequence of spectral changes during the event, in particular the appearance of additional peaks and edges in the line profile due to microlensing. We trace the origin of these features to points on the disk, at which the total energy shift (g-factor) contours are tangent to the caustic. Contours tangent from the inner side of the caustic generate peaks, while those tangent from its outer side generate edges. We derive analytical shapes of the generated features and map the peak strength as a function of position of the tangent point on the disk. Since the features are determined by the positional geometry of the caustic relative to the g-factor contours, the same type of behavior can be expected in a much broader range of emission models. The sequence of line profile changes thus serves as a sensitive probe of the geometry and physics of the innermost region of the quasar accretion disk.

Název v anglickém jazyce

X-Ray Line Profile Variations during Quasar Microlensing

Popis výsledku anglicky

Observations of several gravitationally microlensed quasars in X-rays revealed variations in the profile of the iron K alpha line in the course of microlensing events. We explore the effect by simulating a microlensing caustic crossing a spatially resolved model of emission from a thin accretion disk around a Kerr black hole. We demonstrate the sequence of spectral changes during the event, in particular the appearance of additional peaks and edges in the line profile due to microlensing. We trace the origin of these features to points on the disk, at which the total energy shift (g-factor) contours are tangent to the caustic. Contours tangent from the inner side of the caustic generate peaks, while those tangent from its outer side generate edges. We derive analytical shapes of the generated features and map the peak strength as a function of position of the tangent point on the disk. Since the features are determined by the positional geometry of the caustic relative to the g-factor contours, the same type of behavior can be expected in a much broader range of emission models. The sequence of line profile changes thus serves as a sensitive probe of the geometry and physics of the innermost region of the quasar accretion disk.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10308 - Astronomy (including astrophysics,space science)

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GB14-37086G" target="_blank" >GB14-37086G: Centrum Alberta Einsteina pro gravitaci a astrofyziku</a><br>

Návaznosti

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

Rok uplatnění

2018

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Astrophysical Journal

ISSN

0004-637X

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

863

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

20

Strana od-do

—

Kód UT WoS článku

000441311500003

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85051565801