2003A&A...403..473K -
Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 403473-479 (2003/5-4)
Multiwavelength studies of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 7469. I. Far UV observations with FUSE.
KRISS G.A., BLUSTIN A., BRANDUARDI-RAYMONT G., GREEN R.F., HUTCHINGS J. and KAISER M.E.
Abstract (from CDS):
We obtained far-ultraviolet spectra of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 7469 using the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer on 1999 December 6. Our spectra cover the wavelength range 990-1187Å with a resolution of ∼0.05Å. We see broad emission lines of C III, N III, O VI, and He II as well as intrinsic absorption lines in the O VI λλ1032,1038 resonance doublet. The absorption arises in two distinct kinematic components at systemic velocities of -569km/s and -1898km/s. Both components are very highly ionized - no significant Lyβ absorption is present. The higher blueshift component is not quite saturated, and it has a total O VI column density of 8x1014cm–2. It covers more than 90% of the continuum and broad-line emission. The lower blueshift component is heavily saturated and covers only ∼50% of the continuum and broad-line emission. It too has a column density of 8x1014cm–2, but this is less certain due to the high saturation. We set an upper limit of <1.5x1018cm–2 on the O VI column density of this component. Its line depth is consistent with coverage of only the continuum, and thus this component may lie interior to the broad emission-line gas. The component at -569km/s has a velocity comparable to the high-ionization X-ray absorption lines seen in the XMM-Newton grating spectrum of NGC 7469, and photoionization models show that the observed column densities of O VI and H I are compatible with their formation in the same gas as that causing the X-ray absorption. The gas at -1898km/s has lower ionization and column density, and no significant X-ray absorption is associated with it.
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galaxies: active - galaxies: individual (NGC 7469) - galaxies: quasars: absorption lines - galaxies: Seyfert - ultraviolet: galaxies - X-rays: galaxies
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