2025ApJ...989..229K -
Astrophys. J., 989, 229 (2025/August-3)
Exploring the Accretion Disk/Corona Connection in NGC 6814: Insights from UV and X-Ray Spectral-timing Studies.
KUMARI K., PAPADAKIS I.E. and DEWANGAN G.C.
Abstract (from CDS):
We conducted a comprehensive spectral and timing analysis of NGC 6814 using AstroSat's 2019 and XMM-Newton's 2021 observations. A cross-correlation analysis revealed a significant correlation between far-UV (1541 Å)/X-ray and UVW1 (2910 Å)/X-ray variations, with delays of ∼15 ks and 30 ks, respectively. We constructed four broadband spectral energy distributions (SEDs) after applying aperture correction (for the Ultra-Violet Imaging Telescope filter), subtracting host galaxy and emission-line contributions from UV flux, and using mean X-ray spectra alongside selected UV data points. First, we fitted the SEDs with the KYNSED model, assuming various combinations of inclination θ, color correction factors fcol, and black hole spins. Best-fit models were achieved for θ = 70° (consistent with past estimates for this source) and for spin ≤0.5, while fcol is not constrained. KYNSED provided a satisfactory fit to all SEDs in the case when the corona is powered by the accretion process, with ∼10%-20% of the accretion power transferred to the corona, $\dot{m}/{\dot{m}}_{{\rm{Edd}}}\sim 0.1$, a corona radius of ∼6-10rg, and a height of ∼7.5-35rg. Model time lags computed using the SED best-fit results are aligned well with the observed time lags. Although some of the model parameters are not constrained, the important result of our work is that both the broadband X-ray/UV spectra and the X-ray/UV time lags in NGC 6814 are consistent with the hypothesis of X-ray illumination of the disk in a lamp-post geometry framework. Within this model framework, we do not need to assume an outer or inner truncated disk.
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© 2025. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.
Journal keyword(s):
Active galactic nuclei - Time series analysis - Seyfert galaxies - Spectroscopy
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