8th HEAD Meeting, 8-11 September, 2004
Session 7 Gravitational Astrophysics
Poster, Wednesday, September 8, 2004, 9:00am-10:00pm

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[7.02] XMM-Newton observations of Fe K line emission in quasars

A. L. Longinotti, K. Nandra (Imperial College London)

The study of Fe K lines in AGNs has achieved a remarkable improvement since XMM-Newton data have been available. Many insights on the Fe K lines properties and its relation to the accretion disk structure have been investigated with the aid of the high signal-to-noise spectra provided by this satellite. In this regard, the line emission can be studied more precisely for high luminosity objects than previously done by ASCA, providing a potential tool to understand the links between black hole driving parameters and hard X-ray spectra. Here a study of a sample of XMM-Newton quasars is presented including some new results on individual objects.


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