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The Fe Kα Line and Relativistic Effects from Accretion Disks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Randy R. Ross*
Affiliation:
Physics Dept., College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA 01610, USA

Abstract

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One of the most exciting results from ASCA has been the discovery of relativistic line profiles for iron Kα emission from Seyfert 1 galaxies. Recent results concerning the properties of Fe Kα lines from the inner regions of black-hole accretion disks are reviewed.

Type
Part 1. Setting the Scene
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1997

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