ON THE OBSERVATIONAL EVIDENCE FOR ACCRETION DISKS IN ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI

Authors
LIVIO M XU C
Citation
M. Livio et C. Xu, ON THE OBSERVATIONAL EVIDENCE FOR ACCRETION DISKS IN ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI, The Astrophysical journal, 478(2), 1997, pp. 63-65
Citations number
41
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
The Astrophysical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
0004637X
Volume
478
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Part
2
Pages
63 - 65
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-637X(1997)478:2<63:OTOEFA>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
We show that the double-peaked emission lines observed in the active g alaxy 3C 390.3 cannot be produced by two line-emitting streams (genera ted by a two-sided jet). The reason for this is that, as we show, the emitting region on the receding jet is obscured from view by the accre tion disk, leaving the accretion disk as the only viable site for the production of these lines.