On the origin of the broad, relativistic iron line of MCG–6-30-15observed by XMM-Newton

2002/01/12 by Andrea Martocchia, A. Martocchia, Giorgio Matt +3 · 5 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20020089

published as Astron.Astrophys. 383 (2002) L23-L26 · 4 pages, 3 figures. Accepted for publication on A&A Letters

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Abstract

The relativistic iron line profile recently observed by XMM-Newton in the spectrum of the Seyfert 1 galaxy MCG–6-30-15 (Wilms et al. [CITE]) is discussed in the framework of the lamp-post model. It is shown that the steep disc emissivity, the large line equivalent width and the amount of Compton reflection can be self-consistently reproduced in this scenario.

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