X-ray spectra of accretion discs with dynamic coronae
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We compute the X-ray spectra produced by non-static coronae atop accretion discs around black holes and neutron stars. The hot corona is radiatively coupled to the underlying disc (the reflector) and generates an X-ray spectrum which is sensitive to the bulk velocity of the coronal plasma, β = v/c. We show that an outflowing corona reproduces the hard-state spectrum of Cyg X-1 and similar objects. The dynamic model predicts a correlation between the observed amplitude of reflectionR and the X-ray spectrum slope Γ since both strongly depend on β. A similar correlation was observed and its shape is well fitted by the dynamic model. The scattering of soft radiation in an outflowing corona can also account for the observed optical-UV polarization pattern in active galactic nuclei.
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