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2019MNRAS.483L..88P - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 483, L88-L92 (2019/February-2)

X-ray spectra reveal the reawakening of the repeat changing-look AGN NGC 1566.

PARKER M.L., SCHARTEL N., GRUPE D., KOMOSSA S., HARRISON F., KOLLATSCHNY W., MIKULA R., SANTOS-LLEO M. and TOMAS L.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present simultaneous XMM-Newton and NuSTAR observations of the repeat changing-look AGN NGC 1566, which dramatically increased in brightness in the IR to X-ray bands in 2018. The broad-band X-ray spectrum was taken at the peak of the outburst and is typical of Seyfert 1 AGN. The spectrum shows a soft excess, Compton hump, warm absorption and reflection, ruling out tidal disruption as the cause of the outburst and demonstrating that a 'standard' accretion disk can develop very rapidly. The high-resolution grating spectrum reveals that the outburst has launched a ∼500 km s–1 outflow, and shows photoionized emission lines from rest-frame gas. We discuss possible mechanisms for the outburst, and conclude that it is most likely caused by a disk instability.

Abstract Copyright: © 2018 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society

Journal keyword(s): accretion, accretion discs - galaxies: active - galaxies: individual: NGC 1566 - galaxies: Seyfert

Simbad objects: 4

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