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The response of relativistic outflowing gas to the inner accretion disk of a black hole

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  • Michael L. Parker

    (Institute of Astronomy)

  • Ciro Pinto

    (Institute of Astronomy)

  • Andrew C. Fabian

    (Institute of Astronomy)

  • Anne Lohfink

    (Institute of Astronomy)

  • Douglas J. K. Buisson

    (Institute of Astronomy)

  • William N. Alston

    (Institute of Astronomy)

  • Erin Kara

    (University of Maryland)

  • Edward M. Cackett

    (Wayne State University)

  • Chia-Ying Chiang

    (Wayne State University)

  • Thomas Dauser

    (Remeis Observatory and ECAP, Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg)

  • Barbara De Marco

    (Max-Planck-Institut fur extraterrestrische Physik)

  • Luigi C. Gallo

    (Saint Mary’s University)

  • Javier Garcia

    (Space Radiation Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard)

  • Fiona A. Harrison

    (Space Radiation Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard)

  • Ashley L. King

    (Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University)

  • Matthew J. Middleton

    (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton)

  • Jon M. Miller

    (University of Michigan, 1085 South University Avenue)

  • Giovanni Miniutti

    (Centro de Astrobiologia (CSIC-INTA), Departimento de Astrofsica, ESAC)

  • Christopher S. Reynolds

    (University of Maryland)

  • Phil Uttley

    (Astronomical Institute Anton Pannekoek, University of Amsterdam)

  • Ranjan Vasudevan

    (Institute of Astronomy)

  • Dominic J. Walton

    (Institute of Astronomy)

  • Daniel R. Wilkins

    (Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University)

  • Abderahmen Zoghbi

    (University of Michigan, 1085 South University Avenue)

Abstract

X-ray detection of an ultrafast outflow of gas is strongly linked with energy emission from the inner accretion disk of a black hole, suggesting that X-rays ionize the outflowing disk wind.

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  • Michael L. Parker & Ciro Pinto & Andrew C. Fabian & Anne Lohfink & Douglas J. K. Buisson & William N. Alston & Erin Kara & Edward M. Cackett & Chia-Ying Chiang & Thomas Dauser & Barbara De Marco & Lui, 2017. "The response of relativistic outflowing gas to the inner accretion disk of a black hole," Nature, Nature, vol. 543(7643), pages 83-86, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:543:y:2017:i:7643:d:10.1038_nature21385
    DOI: 10.1038/nature21385
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