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用朱雀探测康普顿厚的Seyfert 2星系NGC 2273的硬X射线

Detection of Hard X-Rays from the Compton-Thick Seyfert 2 Galaxy NGC 2273 with Suzaku

H. Awaki, Y. Terashima, Y. Higaki, Y. Fukazawa

摘要:

我们用朱雀望远镜获得了康普顿厚度的Seyfert 2星系NGC 2273的宽带光谱。该光谱揭示了NGC 2273中首次探测到~10 keV以上的硬X射线。宽带光谱是很好地代表了一个三分量模型,伴随着一个强铁Ka线的等效宽度为1.8 keV和几个弱线。三分量模型由软分量、来自冷物质的反射分量和被吸收的幂律分量组成。软分量可以由kT~0.56 keV的薄热发射或由散射分数为0.4%的散射分量表示。将幂律分量和反射分量的光子指数固定为1.9,我们发现,被柱密度约为1.5 × 10^24 cm^-2的气体大量吸收的幂律分量具有约1.7 × 10^42 erg/s的2-10 keV内禀光度。我们还应用反射模型的基础上的蒙特卡罗模拟,假设一个简单的环面几何形状。我们发现,该模型符合宽带频谱,以及我们放置一些假定的几何形状的环在NGC 2273试探性的限制。

英文摘要:

We have obtained a broad-band spectrum of the Compton-thick Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 2273 with Suzaku. The spectrum reveals the first detection of hard X-rays above ~10 keV from NGC 2273. The broad-band spectrum is well represented by a three-component model, accompanied by both a strong iron Ka line with an equivalent width of ~ 1.8 keV and several weak lines. The three-component model consists of a soft component, a reflection component from cold matter, and an absorbed power-law component. The soft component can be represented by thin thermal emission with kT~0.56 keV or by a scattered component with a scattering fraction of 0.4%. Fixing the photon indices of the power law and reflection components at 1.9, we found that the power law component, heavily absorbed by gas with a column density of ~1.5x10^24 cm^-2, has an intrinsic 2-10 keV luminosity of ~1.7x10^42 erg/s. We also apply a reflection model based on a Monte Carlo simulation, assuming a simple torus geometry. We found that the model fits the broad band spectrum well, and we place some tentative constraints on the geometry of the putative torus in NGC2273.

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