Suzaku observations of two hard X-ray (> 10 keV) selected nearby Seyfert 2 galaxies are presented. Both sources were clearly detected with the PIN Hard X-ray Detector up to several tens of keV, allowing for a fairly good characterization of the broad band X-ray continuum. Both sources are heavily obscured, one of which (NGC 5728) being Compton thick, while at lower energies the shape and intensity of the scattered/reflected continuum is very different. Strong iron Kalpha lines are detected in both sources. There are also hints for the presence of a broad relativistic iron line in NGC 4992.
@article{arxiv.0704.1253,
title = {Compton thick AGN in the Suzaku era},
author = {A. Comastri and R. Gilli and C. Vignali and G. Matt and F. Fiore and K. Iwasawa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0704.1253},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
proceedings of "The Extreme Universe in the Suzaku Era", Kyoto 4-8 December 2006, to be published in Progress of Theoretical Physics, Supplement