2001/09/27 by Martin Elvis, Elvis, Martin
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0109513
12 pages, 3 figures. To be published in `Issues in the Unification of AGN' (Elba May 2001) eds. R. Maiolino, A. Marconi and N. Nagar (ASP Conf. Series)
arxiv created 2001/09/27 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
The model I recently proposed for the structure of quasars offers to unify the many aspects of Type 1 AGN: emission lines, absorption lines and reflection features. This makes the model heavily overconstrained by observation and readily tested. Here I first outline the model, and then concentrate on how the model answers objections raised since publication - with many of the tests being reported at this meeting. I then begin to explore how these and future tests can discriminate between this wind model and 3 well-defined alternatives.