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2001MNRAS.328L..27W - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 328, L27-L31 (2001/December-2)

XMM-EPIC observation of MCG-6-30-15: direct evidence for the extraction of energy from a spinning black hole.

WILMS J., REYNOLDS C.S., BEGELMAN M.C., REEVES J., MOLENDI S., STAUBERT R. and KENDZIORRA E.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present XMM-Newton European Photon Imaging Camera (EPIC) observations of the bright Seyfert 1 galaxy MCG-6-30-15, focusing on the broad Fe Kα line at ∼6keV and the associated reflection continuum, which is believed to originate from the inner accretion disc. We find these reflection features to be extremely broad and redshifted, indicating an origin in the very central regions of the accretion disc. It seems likely that we have caught this source in the `deep minimum' state first observed by Iwasawa et al. The implied central concentration of X-ray illumination is difficult to understand in any pure accretion disc model. We suggest that we are witnessing the extraction and dissipation of rotational energy from a spinning black hole by magnetic fields connecting the black hole or plunging region to the disc.

Abstract Copyright: The Royal Astronomical Society

Journal keyword(s): accretion, accretion discs - black hole physics - galaxies: individual: MCG-6-30-15 - galaxies: Seyfert - X-rays: galaxies

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