X-Ray Reflection from Inhomogeneous Accretion Disks. II. Emission-Line Variability and Implications for Reverberation Mapping

• Published in: The Astrophysical journal Vol. 619; no. 2; pp. 1028 - 1035
• Main Authors: Ballantyne, D. R, Turner, N. J, Young, A. J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago, IL IOP Publishing 01.02.2005; University of Chicago Press
• Subjects: line: formation; accretion, accretion disks; Variability; Line formation; Mapping manifolds; Instability; Radiative transfer; Emission line; Accretion disks; instabilities; radiative transfer -X-rays: general

One of the principal scientific objectives of the upcoming Constellation-X mission is to attempt to map the inner regions of accretion disks around black holes in Seyfert galaxies by reverberation mapping of the Fe K alpha fluorescence line. This area of the disk is likely to be radiation pressure d...