2013/02/12 by D. Sluse, Sluse, D., D. Hutsemékers +7
Physics and Astronomy · #Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO) #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) #astro-ph.CO #astro-ph.HE
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1302.2930
6 pages, Proceedings of the Seyfert 2012 conference
arxiv created 2013/02/12 · arxiv updated 2013/02/14
Microlensing is a powerful technique which can be used to study the continuum and the broad line emitting regions in distant AGNs. After a brief description of the methods and required data, we present recent applications of this technique. We show that microlensing allows one to measure the temperature profile of the accretion disc, estimate the size and study the geometry of the region emitting the broad emission lines.