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活动星系核结构的X射线吸收变化研究

The structure of AGNs from X-ray absorption variability

Guido Risaliti

摘要:

我们提出了新的证据X射线吸收变化的时间尺度从几个小时到几天附近的明亮活动星系核。观测到的N_H变化表明,X射线吸收体是由速度超过10^3 km/s、密度、大小和距离中心黑洞的典型BLR云遮蔽X射线源的云构成的。我们的结论是,可变的X射线吸收是由于相同的云发射宽发射线在光学/UV。然后我们集中研究了在NGC 1365和Mrk 766的两次长时间观测中发现的两个最高信噪比的食谱,并表明遮蔽云具有彗星形状,具有高密度的头部和N_H减小的尾部。我们的研究结果表明,X射线时间分辨光谱可以是一个强大的方法来直接测量的物理和几何性质的BLR云。

英文摘要:

We present new evidence of X-ray absorption variability on time scales from a few hours to a few days for several nearby bright AGNs. The observed N_H variations imply that the X-ray absorber is made of clouds eclipsing the X-ray source with velocities in excess of 10^3 km/s, and densities, sizes and distances from the central black hole typical of BLR clouds. We conclude that the variable X-ray absorption is due to the same clouds emitting the broad emission lines in the optical/UV. We then concentrate on the two highest signal-to-noise spectra of eclipses, discovered in two long observations of NGC 1365 and Mrk 766, and we show that the obscuring clouds have a cometary shape, with a high density head followed by a tail with decreasing N_H. Our results show that X-ray time resolved spectroscopy can be a powerful way to directly measure the physical and geometrical properties of BLR clouds.

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