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"Warm absorbers" and "-mirrors": one and the same gas?

2006/12/18 by Matteo Guainazzi, M. Guainazzi, Stefano Bianchi +3
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0612488

4 pages, 2 figures, Conference proceedings to appear in "The Central Engine of Active Galactic Nuclei", ed. L. C. Ho and J.-M. Wang (San Francisco: ASP). Typo in the title corrected

openalex publication_date 2006/12/18 · arxiv created 2006/12/19 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We review the main properties of "warm mirrors" in obscured AGN, and discuss whether the scattering gas could be also responsible for "warm absorbers" commonly observed in unobscured AGN.

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