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Compton Reflection in the Vicinity of a Rotating Black Hole

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

A. Maciołek-Niedźwiecki  and
P. Magdziarz
A. Maciołek-Niedźwiecki
Affiliation:
łódź University, Department of Physics Pomorska 149/153, 90-236 łódź, Poland
P. Magdziarz
Affiliation:
Jagiellonian University, Astronomical Observatory Orla 171, 30-244 Kraków, Poland

Abstract

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We study the spectra arising from Compton reflection in the innermost parts of the accretion disk. We emphasize that the so far neglected relativistic distortion of the Compton reflection continuum may strongly affect the derived Fe Kα line shapes.

Type
Session 3: Diagnostics of High Gravity Objects with X- and Gamma Rays
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 188: The Hot Universe , 1998 , pp. 409 - 410
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1998 

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