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| Paper: |
X-ray Absorbers, MHD Winds, and AGN Unification |
| Volume: |
460, AGN Winds in Charleston |
| Page: |
181 |
| Authors: |
Kazanas, D.; Fukumura, K.; Behar, E.; Contopoulos, I |
| Abstract: |
We propose that the ensemble of AGN X-ray absorber data can be
accounted for in terms of MHD winds launched off their accretion
disks. We note, in particular, that the winds that fit the absorption
features of the Chandra and XMM Seyfert spectra ought to have
density profiles ∝ 1/r. Our models can produce 2D winds with
the required density profiles and a very steep dependence in the
polar angle θ; as such they can naturally serve as the
“tori” required by the AGN unification. The winds and absorption
spectra of our models depend on just two parameters, the
dimensionless mass flux rate ṁ, and the disk inclination angle
relative to the observer's line of sight θ. |
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