An accretion disc in the broad-line radio galaxy 3C 390.3 ?

Penston, M. V.; Perez, E.; Moles, M.; Mediavilla, E.; Tadhunter, C.

Spain, United Kingdom

Abstract

The permitted broad component of the Hβ emission line in the broadline radio galaxy (BLRG) 3C390.3 presents a double-peaked structure, similar to that seen in cataclysmic variables. The profile of the line is well fitted by a relativistic accretion disc with an intermediate inclination to the line-of-sight.

1988 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
IUE 91