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发现窄线塞弗特1星系Mkn 335处于历史低X射线通量状态

Discovery of the Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 galaxy Mkn 335 in an historical low X-ray flux state

Dirk Grupe, Stefanie Komossa, Luigi Gallo

摘要:

本文报道了窄线塞弗特1星系Mkn 335在极低X射线状态下的发现。将2007年5月和6月/7月的雨燕观测结果与1971年至2006年期间的所有X射线观测结果进行比较,发现活动星系核的通量减少了30倍以上,这是Mkn 335观测到的最低X射线通量。雨燕的观测显示出能量超过2 keV的极硬X射线谱。可能的解释包括部分覆盖吸收或从磁盘的X射线反射。在这封信中,我们考虑部分覆盖的解释。Swift观测可以用一个强的部分覆盖吸收体来拟合,该吸收体具有变化的吸收柱密度N_H= 1-4 × 10^{23} cm-2和覆盖分数f_c=0.9 - 1。当对固有吸收进行校正时,Mkn 335的X射线通量仅变化4-6倍。在紫外线MKN 335显示在0.2马格的顺序的变化。我们讨论了MKN 335与高度可变的NLS 1 WPVS 007的相似性,并推测NLS 1星系和宽吸收线类星体之间可能存在的联系。

英文摘要:

We report the discovery of the Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 galaxy Mkn 335 in an extremely low X-ray state. A comparison of Swift observations obtained in May and June/July 2007 with all previous X-ray observations between 1971 to 2006 show the AGN to have diminished in flux by a factor of more than 30, the lowest X-ray flux Mkn 335 has ever been observed in. The Swift observations show an extremely hard X-ray spectrum at energies above 2 keV. Possible interpretations include partial covering absorption or X-ray reflection from the disk. In this letter we consider the partial covering interpretation. The Swift observations can be well fit by a strong partial covering absorber with varying absorption column density N_H= 1-4 x 10^{23} cm-2 and a covering fraction f_c=0.9 - 1. When corrected for intrinsic absorption, the X-ray flux of Mkn 335 varies by only factors of 4-6. In the UV Mkn 335 shows variability in the order of 0.2 mag. We discuss the similarity of Mkn 335 with the highly variable NLS1 WPVS007, and speculate about a possible link between NLS1 galaxies and broad-absorption line quasars.

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