2015ApJ...806..149K


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2015ApJ...806..149K - Astrophys. J., 806, 149 (2015/June-3)

NuSTAR and Suzaku X-ray spectroscopy of NGC 4151: evidence for reflection from the inner accretion disk.

KECK M.L., BRENNEMAN L.W., BALLANTYNE D.R., BAUER F., BOGGS S.E., CHRISTENSEN F.E., CRAIG W.W., DAUSER T., ELVIS M., FABIAN A.C., FUERST F., GARCIA J., GREFENSTETTE B.W., HAILEY C.J., HARRISON F.A., MADEJSKI G., MARINUCCI A., MATT G., REYNOLDS C.S., STERN D., WALTON D.J. and ZOGHBI A.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present X-ray timing and spectral analyses of simultaneous 150 ks Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) and Suzaku X-ray observations of the Seyfert 1.5 galaxy NGC 4151. We disentangle the continuum emission, absorption, and reflection properties of the active galactic nucleus (AGN) by applying inner accretion disk reflection and absorption-dominated models. With a time-averaged spectral analysis, we find strong evidence for relativistic reflection from the inner accretion disk. We find that relativistic emission arises from a highly ionized inner accretion disk with a steep emissivity profile, which suggests an intense, compact illuminating source. We find a preliminary, near-maximal black hole spin α > 0.9 accounting for statistical and systematic modeling errors. We find a relatively moderate reflection fraction with respect to predictions for the lamp post geometry, in which the illuminating corona is modeled as a point source. Through a time-resolved spectral analysis, we find that modest coronal and inner disk reflection (IDR) flux variation drives the spectral variability during the observations. We discuss various physical scenarios for the IDR model and we find that a compact corona is consistent with the observed features.

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Journal keyword(s): accretion, accretion disks - black hole physics - galaxies: active - galaxies: individual: NGC 4151 - galaxies: Seyfert - X-rays: galaxies

Simbad objects: 7

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Number of rows : 7
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026
#notes
1 NGC 1365 Sy1 03 33 36.458 -36 08 26.37 10.48 10.08 9.63 8.79 9.7 ~ 1987 2
2 RX J1210.3+3929 BLL 12 10 26.5907045256 +39 29 08.635546104   20.77 20.3 19.9   ~ 116 0
3 NGC 4151 Sy1 12 10 32.5759813872 +39 24 21.063527532   12.18 11.48     ~ 3938 2
4 NGC 4156 LIN 12 10 49.6078480392 +39 28 22.045321380   15.01 14.32     ~ 117 1
5 IC 4271 Sy2 13 29 21.4493074392 +37 24 50.460172056   15.6       ~ 131 1
6 IC 4329 BiC 13 49 05.314 -30 17 45.20   11.96 11.54 10.31   ~ 192 2
7 IRAS 21262+5643 Sy1 21 27 45.3941483856 +56 56 34.915920720       16.6   ~ 186 0

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