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Chandra HETG揭示的宽线射电星系3C 390.3的复杂环核环境

The complex circumnuclear environment of the broad-line radio galaxy 3C 390.3 revealed by Chandra HETG

F. Tombesi, J. N. Reeves, T. Kallman, C. S. Reynolds, R. F. Mushotzky, V. Braito, E. Behar, M. A. Leutenegger, M. Cappi

摘要:

我们提出了第一个高光谱分辨率的X射线观测的宽线射电星系3C 390.3获得的高能透射光栅(HETG)光谱仪上的钱德拉X射线天文台。该光谱在软X射线和Fe K带都表现出复杂的发射和吸收特征。我们检测到的发射和吸收线之间的能量范围E = 700 - 1000 eV与离子化的Fe L过渡(Fe XVII-XX)。在E = 6.4keV处还观察到与Fe K α一致的发射线。我们的最佳拟合模型至少需要三个不同的分量:(i)热辐射分量,可能与这个椭圆星系中的热星际介质有关,温度kT = 0.5 +/-0.1 keV;(ii)具有电离参数log N_H = 2.3 +/-0.5 erg s ^{-1} cm,柱密度logN_H = 20.7 +/-0.1 cm ^{-2}的温吸收器,流出速度v_{out} <150 km s ^{-1};(iii)Fe K带中的低电离反射分量可能与光学宽线区或外部吸积盘有关。这些证据表明,我们有可能直接向下看这个活跃星系的电离锥,而中央X射线源只沿着未被遮挡的锥体进行光电离。这与活动星系核的角度依赖统一图像总体上是一致的。

英文摘要:

We present the first high spectral resolution X-ray observation of the broad-line radio galaxy 3C 390.3 obtained with the high energy transmission grating (HETG) spectrometer on board the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The spectrum shows complex emission and absorption features in both the soft X-rays and Fe K band. We detect emission and absorption lines in the energy range between E = 700-1000 eV associated with ionized Fe L transitions (Fe XVII-XX). An emission line at the energy of E=6.4 keV consistent with the Fe Kαis also observed. Our best-fit model requires at least three different components: (i) a hot emission component likely associated with the hot interstellar medium in this elliptical galaxy with temperature kT=0.5+/-0.1 keV; (ii) a warm absorber with ionization parameter logξ=2.3+/-0.5 erg s^{-1} cm, column density logN_H=20.7+/-0.1 cm^{-2}, and outflow velocity of v_{out}<150 km s^{-1}; (iii) a lowly ionized reflection component in the Fe K band likely associated with the optical broad line region or the outer accretion disk. These evidences suggest the possibility that we are looking directly down the ionization cone of this active galaxy and that the central X-ray source only photoionizes along the unobscured cone. This is overall consistent with the angle-dependent unified picture of active galactic nuclei.

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