Spectral calculation through outflows around compact objects and its hydrodynamic simulation
Abstract
Compact objects such as black holes and neutron starts are shining by converting the gravitational energy via mass accretion. Recent theoretical studies predict that outflows tend to accompany the mass accretion process and affect X-ray spectra. In fact, ``blue-shifted'' metal absorption lines have been observed from active galactic nuclei and X-ray binaries, indicating that the absorbers are moving toward us, namely the outflows do exist. In order to constrain physical conditions and geometries around the compact objects, we need to compare the observed X-ray spectra and theoretically expected signatures caused by the outflows. For the observational side, we will use the micro calorimeter with the unprecedented spectral resolution of E/DeltaE∼1000 on-board Astro-H (in 2015 launch), which is the ONLY detector that can observe the detailed line profiles containing information of the outflows. The radiation-hydrodynamic simulation is needed to interpret the Astro-H spectra. We construct the spectral model by the following two theoretical steps: We first determine the density and velocity profiles of the outflows around the compact object by a hydrodynamic simulation. We then calculate X-ray spectra through such outflows, by using the spectral synthesis code ``Cloudy''. We present the results of the simulated profiles and the calculated spectra.
- Publication:
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40th COSPAR Scientific Assembly
- Pub Date:
- 2014
- Bibcode:
- 2014cosp...40E3727Y