Implications of IR continua for x-ray emission/reflection in AGN

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dc.creatorFerland, Gary J.
dc.creatorMartin, Peter G.
dc.creatorvan Hoof, Peter A. M.
dc.creatorWeingartner, Joseph C.
dc.date2003-11-22
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:11:19Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:11:19Z
dc.descriptionObservations of infrared emission from AGN show that grains exist over a broad range of distances from the central object, extending to the point where they are destroyed by sublimation. These ~1000 K grains produce much of the 1 micron continuum. In this region closest to the central object there must be a gaseous component associated with the hot grains. This paper employs a state of the art grain model and shows that the gas must be very hot, with temperatures in the neighborhood of 10^6 K. The dusty component has a covering factor of roughly 50% and so this region also reprocesses much of the total x-ray emission. Our explicit models of the IR through x-ray spectral energy distributions allow the x-ray component to be predicted from IR observations. We are creating a grid of such predictions and will make them available as an XSPEC add-in, allowing this spectral component to be included in quantitative modeling of AGN spectra.
dc.descriptioninvited review at X-ray spectroscopy of AGN with Chandra and XMM-Newton, Garching, Dec 3-6, 2001, eds Th. Boller, S. Komossa, S. Kahn, H. Kunieda, MPE Report 279, p. 103
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0311520
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0311520
dc.identifierX-ray spectroscopy of AGN with Chandra and XMM-Newton, Garching, Dec 3-6, 2001, eds Th. Boller, S. Komossa, S. Kahn, H. Kunieda, MPE Report 279, p. 103
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/7035
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleImplications of IR continua for x-ray emission/reflection in AGN
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