Open AccessOn the effect of coronal outflow on spectra formation in galactic black hole systems
Author(s) -
Janiuk A.,
Czerny B.,
Życki P. T.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
monthly notices of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.058
H-Index - 383
eISSN - 1365-2966
pISSN - 0035-8711
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03824.x
Subject(s) - physics , compton scattering , scattering , spectral line , anisotropy , astrophysics , thomson scattering , reflection (computer programming) , computational physics , monte carlo method , black hole (networking) , optics , astronomy , computer network , routing protocol , statistics , routing (electronic design automation) , mathematics , link state routing protocol , computer science , programming language
We present the results of both analytical and numerical calculations of the amplitude of the reflection component in X‐ray spectra of galactic black hole systems. We take into account the anisotropy of Compton scattering and the systematic relativistic bulk motion of the hot plasma. In the case of the single scattering approximation, the reflection from the disc surface is significantly enhanced owing to the anisotropy of Compton scattering. On the other hand, the calculations of multiple scattering obtained using the Monte Carlo method show that the anisotropy effect is much weaker in that case. Therefore, the enhanced back‐scattered flux may affect the observed spectra only if the disc surface is highly ionized, which reduces the absorption in the energy band corresponding to the first Compton scattering.