ar X iv : a st ro - p h / 02 08 24 8 v 1 1 3 A ug 2 00 2 Grating X - ray Spectroscopy of High - Velocity Outflows from Active Galaxies
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X-ray absorption and emission lines now serve as powerful diagnostics of the outflows from active galaxies. Detailed X-ray line studies of outflows have recently been enabled for a significant number of active galaxies via the grating spectrometers on Chandra and XMM-Newton. We will review some of the recent X-ray findings on active galaxy outflows from an observational perspective. We also describe some future prospects. seen. A wide range of ionization parameter appears to be present in the absorbing material, and inner-shell absorption lines from lower ionization ions, Fe L-shell lines, and Fe M-shell lines have also been seen. The X-ray absorption lines are typically blueshifted relative to the systemic velocity by a few hundred km s −1 , and they often appear kinematically consistent with UV absorption lines of C IV, N V, and H I. The X-ray absorption lines can have complex profiles with multiple kinematic components present as well as filling of the absorption lines by emission-line photons. A key remaining uncertainty is the characteristic radial location of the outflowing gas; only after this quantity is determined will it be possible to calculate reliably the amount of outflowing gas and the kinetic luminosity of the outflow.
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تاریخ انتشار 2002