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NGC 4388:相对论盘反射和Fe K荧光特征的测试实例

NGC 4388: A Test Case for Relativistic Disk Reflection and Fe K Fluorescence Features

Tahir Yaqoob, P. Tzanavaris, S. LaMassa

摘要:

我们提出了一个新的分析朱雀X射线光谱的康普顿薄塞弗特2星系NGC 4388。高于$\sim$ 2 keV的光谱可以用一个非常简单而平凡的模型来描述,该模型由均匀的中性球形物质分布组成,径向柱密度为$2.58 \pm 0.02 \times 10^{23}$ cm $^{-2}$,相对于太阳的Fe丰度为$1.102^{+0.024}_{-0.021}$。该模型不需要任何现象学的调整,自洽帐户的低能量消光,铁K $α$和铁K $β$荧光发射线,铁K边缘,和康普顿散射的连续从遮蔽材料。球形几何形状不是一个独特的描述,然而,自洽的,太阳丰度MYTORUS模型,适用于环形和非环形几何形状,给出了同样好的数据描述。在所有的情况下,光谱的关键特征是如此紧密地锁定在一起,对于宽范围的参数,相对论盘反射分量对2-20 keV带的净光谱的贡献不超过$\sim$ 2%。我们发现,通常调用的解释弱X射线反射功能,即截断和/或非常高度电离的磁盘,不工作的NGC 4388。如果相对论加宽的Fe K $α$线和反射在Seyfert 1星系中普遍存在,那么它们在Compton薄的Seyfert 2星系中也应该普遍存在。NGC 4388的情况表明,需要对更多的康普顿薄活动星系核进行类似的研究,以确定这是否属实。

英文摘要:

We present a new analysis of the Suzaku X-ray spectrum of the Compton-thin Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 4388. The spectrum above $\sim$2 keV can be described by a remarkably simple and rather mundane model, consisting of a uniform, neutral spherical distribution of matter, with a radial column density of $2.58 \pm 0.02 \times 10^{23}$ cm$^{-2}$, and an Fe abundance of $1.102^{+0.024}_{-0.021}$ relative to solar. The model does not require any phenomenological adjustments to self-consistently account for the low-energy extinction, the Fe K$α$ and Fe K$β$ fluorescent emission lines, the Fe K edge, and the Compton-scattered continuum from the obscuring material. The spherical geometry is not a unique description, however, and the self-consistent, solar abundance MYTORUS model, applied with toroidal and non-toroidal geometries, gives equally good descriptions of the data. In all cases, the key features of the spectrum are so tightly locked together that for a wide range of parameters, a relativistic disk-reflection component contributes no more than $\sim$2% to the net spectrum in the 2-20 keV band. We show that the commonly invoked explanations for weak X-ray reflection features, namely a truncated and/or very highly ionized disk, do not work for NGC 4388. If relativistically-broadened Fe K$α$ lines and reflection are ubiquitous in Seyfert 1 galaxies, they should also be ubiquitous in Compton-thin Seyfert 2 galaxies. The case of NGC 4388 shows the need for similar studies of more Compton-thin AGN to ascertain whether this is true.

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