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arXiv 2007.04366astro-ph.HE
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阐明NGC 1194中后处理气体的全球分布

Elucidating the global distribution of reprocessing gas in NGC 1194

T. J. Turner, J. N. Reeves, V. Braito, T. Yaqoob, S. B. Kraemer, P. Severgnini

摘要:

XMM-牛顿和NuSTAR联合观测了明亮的Seyfert 1.9星系NGC 1194。用环形再处理机MYTORUS模拟了活动星系核的硬谱形式。解耦模型形式提供了对光谱的良好描述,反射来自于全球平均柱密度> 4 x 10^24 cm^-2的气体,连续谱通过数量级较低的柱透射。在该模型中,反射强度比简单圆环的预期强度高约3倍。这样的结果可能表明,许多内在的X射线连续体是隐藏的。另一种模型是一个不规则的环面,其中85%的视线被康普顿厚气体遮蔽,剩下的15%被康普顿薄气体遮蔽。补丁环面模型是基于太阳丰富的铁,是一致的X射线部分覆盖的结果发现在其他活动星系核。一个不完整的环面模型将缓解反射特征强度的问题,这不是一个直观的结果:这样一个关于全球后处理气体的几何形状的洞察力是不可能通过使用特设模型组件来描述光谱形式来获得的。

英文摘要:

A joint XMM-Newton and NuSTAR observation was conducted for the bright, local Seyfert 1.9 galaxy, NGC 1194. The hard spectral form of this AGN was modeled using the toroidal reprocessor MYTORUS. The decoupled model form provides a good description of the spectrum, with reflection arising from gas with a global average column density > 4 x 10^24 cm^-2 and transmission of the continuum through an order-of-magnitude lower column. In this model, the reflection strength is a factor ~3 higher than expected from a simple torus. Such a result may indicate that much of the intrinsic X-ray continuum is hidden from view. An alternative model is that of a patchy torus, where 85% of sight-lines are obscured by Compton-thick gas and the remaining 15% by Compton-thin gas. The patchy torus model is based on a solar abundance of Fe and is consistent with X-ray partial-covering results found in other AGN. That a patchy torus model would relieve the issue with the strength of the reflection signature is not an intuitive result: such an insight regarding the geometry of the global reprocessing gas could not have been obtained using ad hoc model components to describe the spectral form.

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