A Chandra observation of the H2O megamaser IC2560
Astrophysics
2009-11-07 v1
Abstract
A short Chandra ACIS-S observation of the Seyfert 2 galaxy IC 2560, which hosts a luminous nuclear water megamaser, shows: 1) the X-ray emission is extended; 2) the X-ray spectrum shows emission features in the soft (E<2 keV) X-ray band; this is the major component of the extended emission; and 3) a very strong (EW~3.6 keV) iron K line at 6.4 keV on a flat continuum. This last feature clearly indicates that the X-ray source is hidden behind Compton-thick obscuration, so that the intrinsic hard X-ray luminosity must be much higher than observed, probably close to ~3e42 erg/s. We briefly discuss the implications for powering of the maser emission and the central source.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0209245,
title = {A Chandra observation of the H2O megamaser IC2560},
author = {K. Iwasawa and P. R. Maloney and A. C. Fabian},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0209245},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
5 pages, MNRAS in press