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Seyfert 1星系NGC ~7469中黑洞X射线光谱性质的标度

Scaling of X-ray spectral properties of a black hole in the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC~7469

Elena Seifina, Lev Titarchuk, Lyubov Ugolkova

摘要:

利用RXTE和ASCA的观测资料,分析了Seyfrrt 1星系核NGC~7469的X射线光谱特性。我们证明了NGC~7469在这些观测过程中经历了从低硬态(LHS)到中间态(IS)的光谱跃迁。RXTE观测(1996- 2009)表明,源仅在约75%的时间内位于IS,约25%的时间位于LHS。NGC~7469的光谱可用体运动康普顿化(BMC)模型拟合。我们已经建立了光子指数饱和水平,Gamma_{sat} +2.1+/-0.1,在伽马与质量吸积率,Mdot相关。这种γ- Mdot相关性使我们能够估计NGC~7469中的黑洞(BH)质量为M_BH> 3 × 10^6太阳质量,假设到NGC~7469的距离为70 Mpc。对于这个BH质量的估计,我们使用标度方法,以银河系BH GRO~J1655- 40,Cyg~ X-1和河外BH源NGC~4051作为参考源。NGC~7469中的伽马与Mdot相关性与许多银河系和河外黑洞中的相似,它清楚地显示了这种相关性以及~2.1的强伽马饱和度。这是NGC~7469中存在BH的强有力的观测证据。我们还发现,种子光子温度相当低,在140-200 eV的数量级,这与NGC~7469中的高BH质量相一致,即超过3 × 10^6太阳质量。

英文摘要:

We present our analysis of X-ray spectral properties observed from the Seyfrert 1 galactic nucleus NGC~7469 using the RXTE and ASCA observations. We demonstrate strong observational evidence that NGC~7469 undergoes spectral transitions from the low hard state (LHS) to the intermediate state (IS) during these observations. The RXTE observations (1996--2009) show that the source was in the IS ~ 75 % of the time only, ~ 25 % of the time in the LHS. The spectra of NGC~7469 are well fitted by the so-called bulk motion Comptonization (BMC) model for all spectral states. We have established the photon index saturation level, Gamma_{sat}+2.1+/-0.1, in the Gamma versus mass accretion rate, Mdot correlation. This Gamma- Mdot correlation allows us to estimate the black hole (BH) mass in NGC~7469 to be M__BH> 3 x 10^6 solar masses assuming the distance to NGC~7469 of 70 Mpc. For this BH mass estimate, we use the scaling method taking Galactic BHs, GRO~J1655--40, Cyg~ X--1 and an extragalactic BH source, NGC~4051 as reference sources. The Gamma versus Mdot correlation revealed in NGC~7469 is similar to those in a number of Galactic and extragalactic BHs and it clearly shows the correlation along with the strong Gamma saturation at ~2.1. This is robust observational evidence for the presence of a BH in NGC~7469. We also find that the seed photon temperatures are quite low, of the order of 140-200 eV, which are consistent with a high BH mass in NGC~7469 that is more than 3x10^6 solar masses.

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