Recent X-ray Reverberation Mapping Results
Abstract
In recent years, X-ray reverberation has opened a new way to investigate the inner accretion flow around black holes. XMM-Newton and NuSTAR observations of the high-frequency variability have shown that the soft excess, broad iron K line and Compton hump lag behind the continuum emission, suggesting light travel distances of a few gravitational radii. Beyond simply detecting reverberation, we are beginning to use reverberation to map out the geometry of the inner accretion flow, testing the compactness of the X-ray emitting source, the structure of the disc and the origin of the variability. In this talk, I will give an overview of the observational results discovered thus far, and will discuss future prospects for reverberation with upcoming observations and telescopes.
- Publication:
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AAS/High Energy Astrophysics Division #15
- Pub Date:
- April 2016
- Bibcode:
- 2016HEAD...1520203K