Ultrafast outflows (UFOs) have recently been found in the spectra of a number of active galactic nuclei (AGN) and are strong candidates for driving AGN feedback. 1H0707-495 is a highly accreting narrow line Seyfert 1 and the second most X-ray variable bright AGN. Previous studies found evidence of blueshifted absorption at 0.1-0.2c in its spectrum. We perform a flux-resolved analysis of the full XMM-Newton dataset on this AGN using both CCD and grating data, focusing on the low flux spectrum. We find strong evidence for an ultrafast outflow in absorption at ∼0.13c, with an ionisation parameter log(ξ/erg cm s−1)=4.3. Surprisingly, we also detect blueshifted photoionised emission, with the velocity increasing at higher ionisation states, consistent with a trend that has been observed in the UV spectrum of this object. The bulk of the X-ray emitting material is moving at a velocity of 8000 km/s, with ionisation parameter log(ξ/erg cm s−1)=2.4. The wind kinetic power inferred from the UFO absorption is comparable to that of the UV and X-ray emission features despite their different velocities and ionisation states, suggesting that we are viewing an energy-conserving wind slowing down and cooling at larger distances from the AGN.
@article{arxiv.1808.08204,
title = {A stratified ultrafast outflow in 1H0707-495?},
author = {P. Kosec and D. J. K. Buisson and M. L. Parker and C. Pinto and A. C. Fabian and D. J. Walton},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.08204},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
Accepted for publication in MNRAS. 8 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables