2025PASJ...77S.223X


Query : 2025PASJ...77S.223X

2025PASJ...77S.223X - Publ. Astron. Soc. Jap., 77, 223-241 (2025/September-0)

Unraveling the structure of the stratified ultra-fast outflows in PDS 456 with XRISM.

XU Y., GALLO L.C., HAGINO K., REEVES J.N., TOMBESI F., MIZUMOTO M., LUMINARI A., GONZALEZ A.G., BEHAR E., BOISSAY-MALAQUIN R., BRAITO V., CONDO P., DONE C., MIYAMOTO A., MIZUKAWA R., ODAKA H., SATO R., TANIMOTO A., TASHIRO M., YAQOOB T. and YAMADA S.

Abstract (from CDS):

Multiple clumpy wind components ($v_\mathrm{out}\sim 0.2\!-\!0.3c$) in the luminous quasar PDS 456 have recently been resolved in the Fe K band for the first time, thanks to the high-resolution X-ray spectrometer Resolve onboard XRISM. In this paper, we investigate the structure of ultra-fast outflows (UFOs) using coordinated observations from XRISM, XMM-Newton, and NuSTAR, along with the self-consistently calculated photoionization model PION. Our results reveal a stratified ionization structure, characterized by a scaling relation between wind velocity and ionization parameter $v_\mathrm{out}\propto \xi ^{(0.14\pm 0.04)}$. To evaluate the screening effect in photoionization modeling, we tested all possible order permutations of six PION components. We find that highly ionized UFOs ($\log \xi >4.5$) are insensitive to their relative positions, whereas the soft X-ray UFO ($\log \xi \sim 3$ and $v_\mathrm{out}\sim 0.27c$) and the lowest-ionized hard X-ray UFO ($\log \xi \sim 4.1$ and $v_\mathrm{out}\sim 0.23c$) are statistically favored-based on the evidence from both the C-statistic and Bayesian analysis-to occupy the middle and innermost layers, respectively. This suggests a possible trend where slower UFOs are launched from regions closer to the supermassive black hole. The soft X-ray UFO is found to be thermally unstable, regardless of its relative position. However, its location remains unclear. Our sequence analysis and its similarity to hard X-ray UFOs suggest that they may be co-spatial, while variability constraints support its location within the broad-line region at sub-parsec scales. Simulations with XRISM with an open gate valve show that high-resolution soft X-ray data can enhance the reliability of our results. Furthermore, simulations with the future X-ray mission NewAthena demonstrate its capability to resolve the absorber sequence and spatial distributions, enabling the determination of UFO structures and their roles in active galactic nucleus feedback.

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Journal keyword(s): quasars: individual (PDS 456) - techniques: spectroscopic - X-rays: galaxies

Simbad objects: 1

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Number of rows : 1
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 QSO B1725-142 QSO 17 28 19.7893499760 -14 15 55.854918288   14.69 14.03 13.7   ~ 362 0

Query : 2025PASJ...77S.223X

Basic data :
QSO B1725-142 -- Quasar
Other object types:
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QSO (2010A&A,QSO,...), X (RX,1RXS,...), AGN (2012MNRAS), Sy1 (2012MNRAS), G (6dFGS), * (Gaia), Rad (NVSS), UV (UVQS), IR (IRAS)
ICRS coord. (ep=J2000) :
17 28 19.7893499760 -14 15 55.854918288 (Optical) [ 0.0181 0.0139 90 ] A 2020yCat.1350....0G
FK4 coord. (ep=B1950 eq=1950) :
17 25 29.2209557175 -14 13 31.621904342 [ 0.0181 0.0139 90 ]
Gal coord. (ep=J2000) :
010.3921641157749 +11.1635704912558 [ 0.0181 0.0139 90 ]
Proper motions mas/yr :
0.028 -0.036 [0.023 0.015 90] A 2020yCat.1350....0G
Radial velocity / Redshift / cz :
V(km/s) 50158 [~] / z(emission) 0.184 [~] / cz 55162 [~]
   (Opt) D 2016ApJ...818..113N
Fluxes (4) :
B 14.69 [~] D 2010A&A...518A..10V
V 14.03 [~] D 2010A&A...518A..10V
R 13.7 [~] E 2010MNRAS.401.1151M
G 14.090639 [0.003350] C 2020yCat.1350....0G
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Identifiers (19) :
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QSO B1725-142 PDS 456 2XMM J172819.7-141555 [VV2010] J172819.9-141556
6dFGS gJ172819.8-141556 QSO J1728-1415 XSS J17276-1359 [VV98] J172819.8-141256
IRAS 17254-1413 RX J1728.3-1416 [VV2000] J172819.8-141256 Gaia DR2 4137524313328406144
LQAC 262-014 001 1RXS J172819.3-141600 [VV2003] J172819.9-141556 Gaia DR3 4137524313328406144
NVSS J172819-141555 UVQS J172819.79-141555.8 [VV2006] J172819.9-141556

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IRAS 17254-1413 NVSS J172819-141555 1RXS J172819.3-141600 Gaia DR2 4137524313328406144 Gaia DR3 4137524313328406144

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