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The shape of the Kalpha line as the evidence of the BH's existence in Seyfert galaxies

A.F. Zakharov
Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics
25, B.Cheremushkinskaya st.
Moscow 117259, Russia

Observations of Seyfert galaxies in X-ray region reveal the wide emissive lines in their spectra, which can arise in inner parts of accretion disks, where the effects of General Relativity must be counted. A spectrum of a solitary emission line (the Kalpha-line of iron, for example) of a hot spot in Kerr accretion disk is simulated, depending on the radial coordinate r and the angular momentum a=J/M of a black hole, under the assumption of an equatorial circular motion of a hot spot. Basing on results of numerical simulations it is shown that the characteristic two-peak line profile with the sharp edges arises at a large distance (r about (3-10)rg). The inner regions emit the line, which is observed with one maximum and extremely wide red wing. High accuracy future spectral observations, being carried out, could detect the angular momentum a of the black hole.


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