2020MNRAS.493.3893K -
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 493, 3893-3910 (2020/April-2)
Mass outflow of the X-ray emission line gas in NGC 4151.
KRAEMER S.B., TURNER T.J., COUTO J.D., CRENSHAW D.M., SCHMITT H.R., REVALSKI M. and FISCHER T.C.
Abstract (from CDS):
We have analysed Chandra/High Energy Transmission Gratings spectra of the X-ray emission line gas in the Seyfert galaxy NGC 4151. The zeroth-order spectral images show extended H- and He-like O and Ne, up to a distance r ∼ 200 pc from the nucleus. Using the first-order spectra, we measure an average line velocity ∼-230 km s–1, suggesting significant outflow of X-ray gas. We generated CLOUDY photoionization models to fit the first-order spectra; the fit required three distinct emission line components. To estimate the total mass of ionized gas and the mass outflow rates, we applied the model parameters to fit the zeroth-order emission line profiles of Ne IX and Ne X. We determined the total mass of ≃5.4 x 105 M☉. Assuming the same kinematic profile as that for the [O III] gas, derived from our analysis of Hubble Space Telescope/Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph spectra, the peak X-ray mass outflow rate was ≃1.8 M☉ yr–1, at r ∼ 150 pc. The total mass and mass outflow rates are similar to those determined using [O III], implying that the X-ray gas is a major outflow component. However, unlike the optical outflows, the X-ray outflow rate does not drop off at r > 100 pc, which suggests that it may have a greater impact on the host galaxy.
Abstract Copyright:
© 2020 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society
Journal keyword(s):
galaxies:active - galaxies: individual: NGC 4151 - galaxies: Seyfert - X-rays: galaxies
Errata:
erratum vol. 497, p. 1080 (2020)
Simbad objects:
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