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II Zw 177的X射线/紫外光变率和软X射线过量发射的起源

X-ray/UV variability and the origin of soft X-ray excess emission from II Zw 177

Main Pal, Gulab C. Dewangan, Ranjeev Misra, Pramod K. Pawar

摘要:

我们分别在2012年和2001年使用$137\ks$长观测和$13\ks$短观测研究了窄线塞弗特1星系II~Zw~177的X射线和紫外辐射。这两个观测结果都表明,在$0.3-2\kev$波段,2012年的$76.9\pm4.9\%$和2001年的$58.8\pm10.2\%$都是由软X射线过量发射造成的。我们发现,从电离盘和康普顿光盘发射模糊反射描述所观察到的软过剩。$\sim20\ks$尺度上的时间分辨光谱揭示了软过剩和幂律分量之间的强相关性。由EPIC-pn光变曲线导出的不同能带的分数变率幅度$F_{var}$几乎是常数($F_{var} \sim20\%$)。这与其他活动星系核相反,在其他活动星系核中,软X射线过量发射的短期变化的缺乏被归因于“灯柱”模型框架中的强光弯曲。因此,幂律辐射的变化很可能是日冕本身的变化,而不仅仅是由于致密日冕高度的变化。可变UV发射($F_{var} \sim 1\%$)与短时间尺度上的任何X射线组分不相关,表明UV发射不受再处理发射的支配。2012年观测到的紫外线辐射逐渐下降可能与吸积率变化造成的长期下降有关。在这种情况下,短期的X射线变化不是由于种子光子的变化,而是热日冕固有的。

英文摘要:

We study X-ray and UV emission from the narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy II~Zw~177 using a $137\ks$ long and another $13\ks$ short \xmm{} observation performed in 2012 and 2001, respectively. Both observations show soft X-ray excess emission contributing $76.9\pm4.9\%$ in 2012 and $58.8\pm10.2\%$ in 2001 in the $0.3-2\kev$ band. We find that both blurred reflection from an ionized disc and Comptonized disc emission describe the observed soft excess well. Time-resolved spectroscopy on scales of $\sim20\ks$ reveals strong correlation between the soft excess and the powerlaw components. The fractional variability amplitude $F_{var}$ derived from EPIC-pn lightcurves at different energy bands is nearly constant ($F_{var} \sim20\%$). This is in contrast to other AGNs where the lack of short term variation in soft X-ray excess emission has been attributed to intense light bending in the framework of the "lamppost" model. Thus, the variations in powerlaw emission are most likely intrinsic to corona rather than just due to the changes of height of compact corona. The variable UV emission ($F_{var} \sim 1\%$) is uncorrelated to any of the X-ray components on short timescales suggesting that the UV emission is not dominated by the reprocessed emission. The gradual observed decline in the UV emission in 2012 may be related to the secular decline due to the changes in the accretion rate. In this case, the short term X-ray variability is not due to the changes in the seed photons but intrinsic to the hot corona.

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