Scientific Seminars

Accretion Disk Winds and Feedback from Active Galactic Nuclei

J. Reeves
Astrophysics Group, School of Physical and Geographical Sciences, Keele University, UK

2013-07-11    14.30    Merate - POE

Evidence for the existence of winds in AGN from X-ray observatories will be discussed and in particular evidence for iron K-shell absorption and high velocity outflows will be presented. Studies of samples with both XMM-Newton and Suzaku both suggest that Fe K outflows may be present in at least 40% of type I AGN with properties that are consistent with accretion disk winds. The range of velocities - from sub to mildly relativistic (e.g. 0.01 to 0.3c) can predict the M-sigma correlations found in nearby galaxies. New observations from recent long looks of MR 2251-178 and PDS 456 will also be presented; in the former the outflow is resolved at high resolution and the nature of the intrinsic continuum can be determined, while in PDS 456 the outflow varies on short timescales coincident with the inner accretion disk.