2025ApJ...982...25D


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2025ApJ...982...25D - Astrophys. J., 982, 25 (2025/March-3)

Accretion-disk Reflection in the Seyfert 1 Galaxy NGC 3783 as Viewed by Chandra Grating Spectroscopy.

DANEHKAR A. and BRANDT W.N.

Abstract (from CDS):

In active galactic nuclei, X-ray illumination of the accretion disk around a supermassive black hole (SMBH) results in the production of the Kα fluorescent line of iron, which provides insights into accretion physics and SMBH spins. In this work, we studied X-ray reflection from the accretion disk in the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 3783 using all the data collected by the Chandra High Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer. We used hardness-ratio diagrams to distinguish between different spectral states and conducted spectral analysis of all the multiepoch data sets, as well as the source in the observed spectral states. Our hardness analysis indicates that the source gradually evolved into a harder state (2013-2016) compared to the previous epochs (2000-2001). Our spectral modeling implies that the relativistically broadened iron emission from the innermost accretion disk is associated with a near-maximal SMBH spin ($a=0.9{8}_{-0.12}^{+0.02}$) in all the data sets, even though the hard state was present in 17% of them, and a consistent spin is also found in different spectral states. In addition, the narrow, bright Fe Kα line from distant regions has an excess velocity of $62{0}_{-70}^{+80}$ km s–1 relative to the rest frame, implying that some distant layers of the disk could be twisted. Our results suggest that, despite long-term changes in the X-ray brightness of NGC 3783, likely caused by eclipsing material, the relativistic reflection can be constrained thanks to the substantial counts provided by the multiepoch observations, while a warped disk structure may be present.

Abstract Copyright: © 2025. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): Active galactic nuclei - Relativistic disks - X-ray sources

Simbad objects: 10

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Number of rows : 10
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 Mrk 335 Sy1 00 06 19.5372339024 +20 12 10.617404076   14.19 13.85     ~ 1344 0
2 NGC 985 Sy1 02 34 37.882 -08 47 17.02   14.64 14.28 12.9   ~ 449 0
3 ESO 33-2 Sy2 04 55 58.93368 -75 32 28.2336   14.61 14.60 13.39   ~ 177 1
4 NGC 3227 Sy1 10 23 30.5765149296 +19 51 54.282206700   12.61 11.79     ~ 1807 2
5 NGC 3516 Sy1 11 06 47.4632200800 +72 34 07.298374656   13.12 12.40     ~ 1638 0
6 NGC 3783 Sy1 11 39 01.7096819040 -37 44 19.009642992   12.46 13.43 11.33 12.1 ~ 1765 1
7 NGC 4151 Sy1 12 10 32.5759813872 +39 24 21.063527532   12.18 11.48     ~ 3938 2
8 NAME Centaurus A BLL 13 25 27.61521044 -43 01 08.8050291   8.18 6.84 6.66   ~ 4774 3
9 NGC 5548 Sy1 14 17 59.5400291832 +25 08 12.603122268   14.35 13.73     ~ 2895 0
10 QSO B1725-142 QSO 17 28 19.7893499760 -14 15 55.854918288   14.69 14.03 13.7   ~ 362 0

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