The iron K α -line diagnostics of the rotating black hole metric in Seyfert galaxies

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 34, Issue 12 SPEC.ISS., 2004, Pages 2544-2549

  Zakharov, A F ^a   Repin, S V ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b Space Research Institute ^*  (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Iron K line diagnostics; Rotational black metrics; Seyfert galaxies

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPPLER EFFECT; GRAVITATION; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; RELATIVITY;

BLACK HOLES; IRON KΑ-LINE DIAGNOSTICS; ROTATIONAL BLACK METRICS; SEYFERT GALAXIES;

GALAXIES;

EID: 9544252193     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.02.080     Document Type: Article

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