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2004ApJ...606..168M - Astrophys. J., 606, 168-172 (2004/May-1)

Reprocessing of soft X-ray emission lines in black hole accretion disks.

MAUCHE C.W., LIEDAHL D.A., MATHIESEN B.F., JIMENEZ-GARATE M.A. and RAYMOND J.C.

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By means of a Monte Carlo code that accounts for Compton scattering and photoabsorption followed by recombination, we investigate the radiation transfer of Lyα, Heα, and recombination continua photons of H- and He-like C, N, O, and Ne produced in the photoionized atmosphere of a relativistic black hole accretion disk. We find that photoelectric opacity causes significant attenuation of photons with energies above the O VIII K edge, that the conversion efficiencies of these photons into lower energy lines and recombination continua are high, and that accounting for this reprocessing significantly (by factors of 21%-105%) increases the flux of the Lyα and Heα emission lines of H- and He-like C and O escaping the disk atmosphere.

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Journal keyword(s): Accretion, Accretion Disks - Black Hole Physics - Galaxies: Individual: Alphanumeric: MCG -6-30-15 - Galaxies: Seyfert - Radiative Transfer - X-Rays: Galaxies

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