2023MNRAS.525..922M


Query : 2023MNRAS.525..922M

2023MNRAS.525..922M - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 525, 922-932 (2023/October-2)

Origin of the complex iron line structure and spectral variation in Mrk 766.

MOCHIZUKI Y., MIZUMOTO M. and EBISAWA K.

Abstract (from CDS):

Complex Fe-K emission/absorption line features are commonly observed in the 6-11 keV band from Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN). These features are formed in various physical components surrounding the black holes. The Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) galaxy Mrk 766, in particular, exhibits characteristic blue-shifted Fe-K absorption lines caused by the ultrafast outflow (UFO), and a broad Fe-K emission line, as well as variable absorbers partially covering the X-ray emitting region. We re-analyse the Mrk 766 archival data of XMM-Newton, NuSTAR, and Swift to investigate the origin of the Fe-K line feature and the 0.3-79 keV energy spectral variation. We have found that the spectral variation in ≲10 keV is primarily explained by the variable partial covering of the central X-ray source by multilayer absorbing clouds. The Fe-K line feature consists of the blue-shifted absorption lines due to the UFO, a narrow emission line from the distant material, a broad emission line from the inner-disc reflection, and a slightly broadened weak emission line at around 6.4-6.7 keV whose equivalent width is ∼0.05 keV. The last one is presumably due to the resonance scattering in the UFO out of the line-of-sight, as predicted by a Monte Carlo simulation based on the hydrodynamical UFO modelling. We suggest that the seemingly complex Fe-K line features and the X-ray energy spectra of Mrk 766 are explained by a moderately extended central X-ray source around a Schwarzschild black hole, an optically thick accretion disc with a truncated inner-radius, the UFO, multilayer partial covering clouds, and a torus.

Abstract Copyright: © The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society

Journal keyword(s): galaxies: active - galaxies: Seyfert - X-rays: individual: Mrk 766

Simbad objects: 5

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Number of rows : 5
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 4253 Sy1 12 18 26.5163572920 +29 48 46.531535472   14.34 13.57     ~ 1106 1
2 IC 4329A Sy1 13 49 19.2601801224 -30 18 34.213815504   13.81 13.66 12.18 12.35 ~ 876 1
3 NAME Circinus Galaxy Sy2 14 13 09.906 -65 20 20.47   10.89 9.84 10.6 10.0 ~ 1331 1
4 NGC 5548 Sy1 14 17 59.5400291832 +25 08 12.603122268   14.35 13.73     ~ 2895 0
5 NGC 7469 Sy1 23 03 15.6 +08 52 26 12.60 13.00 12.34     ~ 2253 3

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