2017年
Nature of the warm absorber outflow in NGC 4051
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- 記述言語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1093/mnras/stw3364
The Narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 4051 is known to exhibit significant
X-ray spectral/flux variations and have a number of emission/absorption
features. X-ray observations have revealed that these absorption features are
blueshifted, which indicates that NGC 4051 has warm absorber outflow. In order
to constrain physical parameters of the warm absorber outflow, we analyze the
archival data with the longest exposure taken by XMM-Newton in 2009. We
calculate the root-mean-square (RMS) spectra with the grating spectral
resolution for the first time. The RMS spectra have a sharp peak and several
dips, which can be explained by variable absorption features and non-variable
emission lines; a lower-ionized warm absorber (WA1: $\log\xi = 1.5,\,
v=-650\,\mathrm{km\,s}^{-1}$) shows large variability, whereas higher-ionized
warm absorbers (WA2: $\log\xi= 2.5,\,v=-4100\,\mathrm{km\,s}^{-1}$, WA3:
$\log\xi= 3.4,\, v=-6100\,\mathrm{km\,s}^{-1}$) show little variability. WA1
shows the maximum variability at a timescale of $\sim10^4$~s, suggesting that
the absorber locates at $\sim10^3$ times of the Schwarzschild radius. The depth
of the absorption features due to WA1 and the observed soft X-ray flux are
anti-correlated in several observational sequences, which can be explained by
variation of partial covering fraction of the double-layer blobs that are
composed of the Compton-thick core and the ionized layer ($=$WA1). WA2 and WA3
show little variability and presumably extend uniformly in the line of sight.
The present result shows that NGC 4051 has two types of the warm absorber
outflows; the static, high-ionized and extended line-driven disk winds, and the
variable, low-ionized and clumpy double-layer blobs.
X-ray spectral/flux variations and have a number of emission/absorption
features. X-ray observations have revealed that these absorption features are
blueshifted, which indicates that NGC 4051 has warm absorber outflow. In order
to constrain physical parameters of the warm absorber outflow, we analyze the
archival data with the longest exposure taken by XMM-Newton in 2009. We
calculate the root-mean-square (RMS) spectra with the grating spectral
resolution for the first time. The RMS spectra have a sharp peak and several
dips, which can be explained by variable absorption features and non-variable
emission lines; a lower-ionized warm absorber (WA1: $\log\xi = 1.5,\,
v=-650\,\mathrm{km\,s}^{-1}$) shows large variability, whereas higher-ionized
warm absorbers (WA2: $\log\xi= 2.5,\,v=-4100\,\mathrm{km\,s}^{-1}$, WA3:
$\log\xi= 3.4,\, v=-6100\,\mathrm{km\,s}^{-1}$) show little variability. WA1
shows the maximum variability at a timescale of $\sim10^4$~s, suggesting that
the absorber locates at $\sim10^3$ times of the Schwarzschild radius. The depth
of the absorption features due to WA1 and the observed soft X-ray flux are
anti-correlated in several observational sequences, which can be explained by
variation of partial covering fraction of the double-layer blobs that are
composed of the Compton-thick core and the ionized layer ($=$WA1). WA2 and WA3
show little variability and presumably extend uniformly in the line of sight.
The present result shows that NGC 4051 has two types of the warm absorber
outflows; the static, high-ionized and extended line-driven disk winds, and the
variable, low-ionized and clumpy double-layer blobs.
- リンク情報
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- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw3364
- arXiv
- http://arxiv.org/abs/arXiv:1701.06298
- Arxiv Url
- http://arxiv.org/abs/1701.06298v1
- Arxiv Url
- http://arxiv.org/pdf/1701.06298v1 本文へのリンクあり
- ID情報
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- DOI : 10.1093/mnras/stw3364
- ORCIDのPut Code : 48339197
- arXiv ID : arXiv:1701.06298