2019MNRAS.486.3124L -
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 486, 3124-3133 (2019/July-1)
Investigating the origin of the Fe emission lines of the Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 205.
LAHA S., GHOSH R., TRIPATHI S. and GUAINAZZI M.
Abstract (from CDS):
We have investigated the nature and origin of the Fe K emission lines in Mrk 205 using observations with Suzaku and XMM-Newton, aiming to resolve the ambiguity between a broad emission line and multiple unresolved lines of higher ionization. We detect the presence of a narrow Fe K α emission line along with a broad-band Compton reflection hump at energies E> 10 keV. These are consistent with reflected emission of hard X-ray photons off a Compton-thick material of N_ H_≥2.15×1024 cm–2. In addition we detect a partially covering ionized absorption with ionization parameter log(ξ/ erg cm s–1)=1.9–0.5+0.1, column density N_ H=(5.6-1.9_+2.0)×1022 cm–2, and a covering factor of 0.22–0.06+0.09. We detect the presence of emission arising out of ionized disc reflection contributing in the soft and hard X-rays consistently in all the observations. We however, could not definitely ascertain the presence of a relativistically broadened Fe line in the X-ray spectra. Using relativistic reflection models, we found that the data are unable to statistically distinguish between the scenarios when the supermassive black hole is non-rotating and when it is maximally spinning. Using the disc reflection model we also find that the accretion disc of the active galactic nucleus may be truncated at a distance 6RG < R < 12RG, which may suggest why there may not be any broad Fe line. The Eddington rate of the source is low (λEdd = 0.03), which points to an inefficient accretion, possibly due to a truncated disc.
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© 2019 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society
Journal keyword(s):
galaxies: active - galaxies: individual: Mrk 205 - galaxies: kinematics and dynamics - galaxies: Seyfert
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