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NGC 4507的X射线吸收变异性

X-ray absorption variability in NGC 4507

Andrea Marinucci, Guido Risaliti, Junfeng Wang, Stefano Bianchi, Martin Elvis, Giorgio Matt, Emanuele Nardini, Valentina Braito

摘要:

我们提出了一个完整的光谱分析的XMM牛顿和钱德拉运动的模糊AGN在NGC 4507,包括六个观测跨越六个月的时间,从2010年6月至2010年12月。我们检测到强烈的吸收变化的时间尺度在1.5和4个月之间,这表明,模糊的材料组成的气体云在秒差距尺度的距离。在较短的时间尺度上缺乏显著的变化表明,这一事件不是由于宽线区域云的吸收,而是在其他类似来源的研究中发现的。这表明,一个单一的,通用的结构的吸收体(无论是BLR云,或秒差距尺度的环面)是不足以再现所观察到的复杂性的X射线吸收功能的活动星系核。

英文摘要:

We present a complete spectral analysis of an XMM-Newton and Chandra campaign of the obscured AGN in NGC 4507, consisting of six observations spanning a period of six months, ranging from June 2010 to December 2010. We detect strong absorption variability on time scales between 1.5 and 4 months, suggesting that the obscuring material consists of gas clouds at parsec-scale distance. The lack of significant variability on shorter time scales suggests that this event is not due to absorption by broad line region clouds, which was instead found in other studies of similar sources. This shows that a single, universal structure of the absorber (either BLR clouds, or the parsec-scale torus) is not enough to reproduce the observed complexity of the X-ray absorption features of this AGN.

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