2014/05/16 by A. C. Fabian, E. Kara, Fabian, A. C. +4
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) #History and Theory of Mathematics #Mathematics and Applications #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #astro-ph.HE
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1405.4150
8, pages, 8 Figures, Suzaku-Maxi conference 2014
arxiv created 2014/05/16 · openalex publication_date 2014/05/16 · arxiv updated 2014/05/19 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Broad emission lines, particularly broad iron-K lines, are now commonly seen in the X-ray spectra of luminous AGN and Galactic black hole binaries. Sensitive NuSTAR spectra over the energy range of 3-78 keV and high frequency reverberation spectra now confirm that these are relativistic disc lines produced by coronal irradiation of the innermost accretion flow around rapidly spinning black holes. General relativistic effects are essential in explaining the observations. Recent results are briefly reviewed here.