Thermal instability in X-ray photoionized media in active galactic nuclei: Influence on the gas structure and spectral features

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 465, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-22

  Goncalves A C ^a,b   Collin, S ^a   Dumont, A M ^a   Chevallier, L ^a,c  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b Centro de Astronomia e Astrofisica da Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

^c NICOLAUS COPERNICUS ASTRONOMICAL CENTER   (Poland)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Instabilities; Methods: numerical; Radiation mechanisms: thermal; Radiative transfer; X rays: general

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GALAXIES; HEAT RADIATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHOTOIONIZATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TURBULENCE; X RAYS;

GALACTIC NUCLEI; PHOTOIONIZATION MODELS; PHOTOIONIZED GAS; SUPERSONIC VELOCITIES; THERMAL INSTABILITY;

IONIZATION OF GASES;

EID: 33947693162     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20066089     Document Type: Article

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