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Evidence for Strong Gravity in the AGN Plasmas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

K. Iwasawa
K. Iwasawa*
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, UK

Abstract

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X-ray spectroscopy of the broad iron line has revealed some relativistic effects caused by strong gravity about a black hole in active galactic nuclei (AGN). Recent results from ASCA observations of AGNs are reviewed.

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. 141 - 144
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1998 

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