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We report on the first observation of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC4593 in the 0.1-200 keV band, performed with the BeppoSAX observatory. Its spectral components are for the first time simultaneously measured: a power-law with photon spectral…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Guainazzi , G. C. Perola , G. Matt , F. Nicastro , L. Bassani , F. Fiore , ; D. Dal Fiume , L. Piro

We present modelling of X-ray polarisation spectra emerging from the two competing scenarios that are proposed to explain the broad Fe K{\alpha} line in the Seyfert 1 galaxy MCG-6-30-15. The polarisation signature of complex absorption is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 F. Marin , R. W. Goosmann , M. Dovciak , F. Muleri , D. Porquet , N. Grosso , V. Karas , G. Matt

We present the results from a 500 ks Chandra observation of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 5548. We detect broadened emission lines of O VII and C VI in the spectra, similar to those observed in the optical and UV bands. The source was…

We report multi-epoch GMRT HI observations of the z = 0.3127 damped absorber towards the quasar PKS 1127-145, which reveal variability in both the absorption profile and the flux of the background source, over a time-scale of a few days.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Nissim Kanekar , Jayaram N Chengalur

The Seyfert Galaxy Mrk 335 is known for its frequent changes of flux and spectral shape in the X-ray band occurred during recent years. These variations may be explained by the onset of a wind that previous, non-contemporaneous…

The Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk841 was observed five times between 2001 and 2005 by the XMM-Newton X-ray observatory. The source is well known for showing spectral complexity in the variable iron line and in the soft X-ray excess. This paper…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-14 A. L. Longinotti , E. Costantini , P. O. Petrucci , C. Boisson , M. Mouchet , M. Santos-Lleo , G. Matt , G. Ponti , A. C. Goncalves

We present new UV spectra of the nucleus of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 5548, which we obtained with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph at high spectral resolution, in conjunction with simultaneous Chandra X-ray Observatory spectra.…

Fairall 51 is a polar-scattered Seyfert 1 galaxy, a type of active galaxies believed to represent a bridge between unobscured type-1 and obscured type-2 objects. Fairall 51 has shown complex and variable X-ray absorption but only little is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-11 Jiri Svoboda , Tobias Beuchert , Matteo Guainazzi , Anna Lia Longinotti , Enrico Piconcelli , Joern Wilms

We performed a detailed spectral and timing analysis of a Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 509 using data from the Neil Gehrels Swift observatory that spanned over ~13 years between 2006 and 2019. To study the variability properties from the optical/UV…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-22 Neeraj Kumari , Main Pal , Sachindra Naik , Arghajit Jana , Gaurava K. Jaisawal , Pankaj kushwaha

We present a Suzaku observation of the dwarf Seyfert galaxy NGC4395 with an estimated black hole mass of ~10^5 Msun. Rapid and strong X-ray variability with an rms amplitude of ~60 per cent is observed in the 0.4-10 keV band with the XIS…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-02 K. Iwasawa , Y. Tanaka , L. C. Gallo

Variability across the electromagnetic spectrum is a property of AGN that can help constraining the physical properties of these galaxies. This is the third of a serie of papers with the aim of studying the X-ray variability of different…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-07-08 L. Hernández-García , J. Masegosa , O. González-Martín , I. Márquez

X-ray observations of the unique NLS1 galaxy Mrk 1239 spanning 18-years are presented. Data from XMM-Newton, Suzaku, Swift and NuSTAR are combined to obtain a broad-band, multi-epoch view of the source. There is spectral variability in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-10-07 Margaret Z. Buhariwalla , Sophia G. H. Waddell , Luigi C. Gallo , Dirk Grupe , S. Komossa

Seyfert 1.8/1.9 are sources showing weak broad H-alpha components in their optical spectra. We aim at testing whether Seyfert 1.8/1.9 have similar properties at UV and X-ray wavelengths to Seyfert 2. We use the 15 Seyfert 1.8/1.9 in the…

We report results obtained from six XMM-Newton observations of the Seyfert galaxy 1H 0419-577. Here we show that the X-ray spectrum and variability are well described by a two-component model comprising a power law with constant spectral…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-17 A. C. Fabian , G. Miniutti , K. Iwasawa , R. R. Ross

We report on a joint ASCA and RXTE observation spanning an $\sim$ 400~ks time interval of the bright Seyfert~1 galaxy MCG--6-30-15. The data clearly confirm the presence of a broad skewed iron line ($W_{K\alpha} \sim$ 266 eV) and Compton…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-17 J. C. Lee , A. C. Fabian , W. N. Brandt , C. S. Reynolds , K. Iwasawa

We present analysis of the long-term X-ray spectral variability of Seyfert galaxies as observed by Swift, which provides well-sampled observations over a much larger flux range and a much longer timescale than any other X-ray observatory.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-02-27 S. D. Connolly , I. M. McHardy , T. Dwelly

We analyze the high-resolution X-ray spectrum of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 5548, for the full 0.1-10 keV band, using improved calibration results of the Chandra-LETGS instrument. The warm absorber consists of at least three ionization…

The Narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy (NLS1) IRAS 13224$-$3809 is known to exhibit significant X-ray spectral variation, a sharp spectral drop at $\sim$ 7 keV, strong soft excess emission, and a hint of iron L-edge feature, which is very similar…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-09-07 Hiroki Yamasaki , Misaki Mizumoto , Ken Ebisawa , Hiroaki Sameshima

The type I Seyfert galaxy NGC 3227 was observed by Suzaku six times in 2008, with intervals of $\sim1$ week and net exposures of $\sim50$ ksec each. Among the six observations, the source varied by nearly an order of magnitude, being…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 Hirofumi Noda , Kazuo Makishima , Shin'ya Yamada , Kazuhiro Nakazawa , Soki Sakurai , Katsuma Miyake

(Abridged) We present a two month Suzaku X-ray monitoring of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 5548. The campaign consists of 7 observations. We analyze the response in the opacity of the gas that forms the ionized absorber to ionizing flux…