2011年11月
Suzaku Studies of Wide-Band Spectral Variability of the Bright Type I Seyfert Galaxy Markarian 509
PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
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- 巻
- 63
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- 開始ページ
- S925
- 終了ページ
- S936
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1093/pasj/63.sp3.S925
- 出版者・発行元
- OXFORD UNIV PRESS
The Type I Seyfert galaxy Markarian 509 was observed with Suzaku in 2010 November, for a gross time span of 2.2 days. The timing and spectral properties of the 0.5-45 keV X-rays, detected with the XIS and HXD, consistently revealed the presence of a soft spectral component that remained constant while the total X-ray intensity varied by +/- 10%. This stable soft component, found in the 0.5-3.0 keV range, was interpreted as being a result of thermal Comptonization in a corona with a temperature of similar to 0.5 keV and an optical depth of similar to 18. The time-avearged 0.5-45 keV Suzaku spectrum was reproduced successfully, as a combination of this thermal Comptonization component, a harder power-law of photon index similar to 1.8, moderate reflection, and an iron K-emission line. By analyzing four archival Suzaku datasets of the same object obtained in 2006, the thermal Comptonization component, which was stable during 2.2-day pointing in 2010, was found to vary on time scales of a few weeks, independently of the power-law component. Implications of these results are discussed in terms of a "multi-zone Comptonization" view, obtained with Suzaku from the black-hole binary Cygnus X-1.
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- DOI : 10.1093/pasj/63.sp3.S925
- ISSN : 0004-6264
- eISSN : 2053-051X
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000299191800030