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Complex Nuclear Structure in Seyfert 2 Galaxy NGC 4388 Revealed by XRISM Observation

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2026-04-09 v1 Astrophysics of Galaxies

Abstract

We report results from the simultaneous XRISM (183 ks) and NuSTAR (62 ks) observations of the Seyfert-2 galaxy NGC 4388. This AGN has the brightest Fe Kα\alpha line among Compton-thin, obscured sources. To model the reflection continuum and fluorescent lines, we employ an updated version of XCLUMPY and a broad line region model with a disk-like geometry. The profile of the neutral Fe-K fluorescent line is well described as the sum of three components convolved with Gaussians with FWHM values of 290 km s1\sim 290\ \mathrm{km\ s^{-1}}, 1470 km s1\sim 1470\ \mathrm{km\ s^{-1}}, and 11100 km s1\sim 11100\ \mathrm{km\ s^{-1}}. These line widths correspond to radii of 1.5 pc, 0.060 pc, and 1.0×1031.0\times10^{-3} pc by assuming Keplerian motion, which we interpret as the dusty torus, its inner edge region, and the BLR, respectively. The data suggest that the Fe Kα\alpha BLR component is larger than that of Hα\alpha (FWHM of 4500 km s1\mathrm{km\ s^{-1}}) in the polarized optical spectrum, implying that the velocity field of the BLR is dominated by that parallel to the equatorial plane. In addition, Fe XXVI Lyα\alpha and Fe XXV absorption lines are detected, characterized by logξ3.50 erg cm s1\log{\xi} \sim 3.50~\mathrm{erg\ cm\ s^{-1}}, logNH22.1 cm2\log{N_{\mathrm{H}}} \sim 22.1~\mathrm{cm^{-2}}, vout40 km s1v_{\mathrm{out}} \sim 40\ \mathrm{km\ s^{-1}}, and σv160 km s1\sigma_v \sim 160\ \mathrm{km\ s^{-1}}. We infer that the absorber is gravitationally bound and is possibly associated with a failed wind, consistent with a radiation-driven fountain flow.

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@article{arxiv.2604.06719,
  title  = {Complex Nuclear Structure in Seyfert 2 Galaxy NGC 4388 Revealed by XRISM Observation},
  author = {Kanta Fujiwara and Yoshihiro Ueda and Shoji Ogawa and Yuya Nakatani and Jon M. Miller and Takashi Okajima and Taiki Kawamuro and Peter G. Boorman and Luigi Gallo and Misaki Mizumoto and Richard Mushotzky and Hirofumi Noda and Yuichi Terashima and Francesco Tombesi and Bert Vander Meulen and Satoshi Yamada},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.06719},
  year   = {2026}
}