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Predicting the X-ray polarization of type 2 Seyfert galaxies
- 1.0496103 - ASÚ 2019 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Marin, F. - Dovčiak, Michal - Muleri, F. - Kislat, F.F. - Krawczynski, H.S.
Predicting the X-ray polarization of type 2 Seyfert galaxies.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Roč. 473, č. 1 (2018), s. 1286-1316. ISSN 0035-8711. E-ISSN 1365-2966
Institutional support: RVO:67985815
Keywords : polarization * radiative transfer * relativistic processes
OECD category: Astronomy (including astrophysics,space science)
Impact factor: 5.231, year: 2018
In this paper, we extend the analysis to the polarization of the X-rays from type 2 AGN. Combining two radiative transfer codes, we performed the first simulations of photons originating in the gravity-dominated vicinity of the black hole and scattering in structures all the way out to the parsec-scale torus and polar winds. We demonstrate that, when strong gravity effects are accounted for, the X-ray polarimetric signal of Seyfert-2s carries as much information about the central AGN components as spectropolarimetric observations of Seyfert-1s.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0288914
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