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We present an analysis of the narrow Fe K-alpha line in Chandra/HETGS observations of the Seyfert AGN, NGC 4151. The sensitivity and resolution afforded by the gratings reveal asymmetry in this line. Models including weak Doppler boosting,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-10 J. M. Miller , E. Cackett , A. Zoghbi , D. Barret , E. Behar , L. W. Brenneman , A. C. Fabian , J. S. Kaastra , A. Lohfink , . R. Mushotzky , K. Nandra , J. Raymond

We construct full broadband models in an analysis of Suzaku observations of nearby Seyfert 1 AGN (z<0.2) with exposures >50ks and with greater than 30000 counts in order to study their iron line profiles. This results in a sample of 46…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 A. R. Patrick , J. N. Reeves , D. Porquet , A. G. Markowitz , V. Braito , A. P. Lobban

We present an analysis of the first two XRISM/Resolve spectra of the well-known Seyfert-1.5 active galactic nucleus in NGC 4151, obtained in December 2023. Our work focuses on the nature of the narrow Fe K$_{\alpha}$ emission line at 6.4…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-27 XRISM Collaboration

It has been suggested that the narrow cores of the Fe K$\alpha$ emission lines in Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) are likely produced in the torus, the inner radius of which can be measured by observing the lag time between the $V$ and $K$…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-05-10 Peng Jiang , Junxian Wang , Xinwen Shu

We present the results of the spatial and spectral analysis of the deep (~200 ksec) Chandra HETG observation of the changing look AGN NGC7582. During this observation NGC7582 was in a highly obscured state. Therefore, we considered also a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-04-19 Valentina Braito , James Reeves , Stefano Bianchi , Emanuele Nardini , Enrico Piconcelli

We analyze observations obtained with the Chandra X-ray Observatory of bright Compton thick active galactic nuclei (AGNs), those with column densities in excess of 1.5 x 10^{24} cm^{-2} along the lines of sight. We therefore view the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-07-21 N. A. Levenson , T. M. Heckman , J. H. Krolik , K. A. Weaver , P. T. Zycki

We observed the nearby galaxy M~51 (NGC 5194) with BeppoSAX. The X-ray properties of the nucleus below 10 keV are almost the same as the ASCA results regarding the hard component and the neutral Fe K$\alpha$ line, but the intensity is about…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Yasushi Fukazawa , Naoko Iyomoto , Aya Kubota , Yukari Matsumoto , Kazuo Makishima

To investigate the role of active galactic nucleus (AGN) X-ray irradiation on the interstellar medium (ISM), we systematically analyzed Chandra and ALMA CO($J$=2-1) data for 26 ultra-hard X-ray ($>$ 10 keV) selected AGNs at redshifts below…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-12-22 Taiki Kawamuro , Claudio Ricci , Takuma Izumi , Masatoshi Imanishi , Shunsuke Baba , Dieu D. Nguyen , Kyoko Onishi

We compile a sample of 89 Seyfert galaxies with both [OIV] 25.89 um line luminosities observed by Spitzer IRS and X-ray spectra observed by XMM EPIC. Using [OIV] emission as proxy of AGN intrinsic luminosity, we find that although type 2…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-01-16 Teng Liu , Jun-Xian Wang

X-ray observations with Chandra and XMM-Newton have shown that there are relatively narrow cores to the iron K-alpha emission lines in active galactic nuclei (AGN). Plausible origins for this core emission include the outer regions of an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 K. Nandra

We detect variability of the Fe Ka emission line in the spectrum of X-ray pulsar 4U 1626-67, correlated with changes in its luminosity and in the shape of its pulse profile. Analysis of archival Chandra and RXTE observations revealed the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-01-20 Filippos Koliopanos , Marat Gilfanov

Recent observations of nearby Compton thick (CT) active galactic nuclei (AGNs) with Chandra have resolved hard (>3 keV) X-ray emission extending out from the central supermassive black hole to kiloparsec scales, challenging the long-held…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-03-25 Mackenzie L. Jones , G. Fabbiano , Martin Elvis , A. Paggi , M. Karovska , W. P. Maksym , A. Siemiginowska , J. Raymond

Broad Fe K-alpha emission lines have recently been reported in a number of Galactic black holes. Such lines are useful accretion flow diagnostics because they may be produced at the inner accretion disk and shaped by relativistic effects,…

The Fe-K line, an important physical diagnostic in the X-ray spectra of AGN, has been notoriously difficult to measure in the high-luminosity, radio-loud quasar 3C 273 (z=0.158). On the few occasions that it has been detected its intrinsic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 T. Yaqoob , P. J. Serlemitsos

We detail the spectral analysis of a 170 ks XRISM Resolve observation of the core of Cygnus A. The high spectral resolution of Resolve have enabled us to probe the inner accretion region of Cygnus A by analyzing the 6.4 keV Fe K$\alpha$…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-19 Anwesh Majumder , T. Heckman , L. Gu , A. Simionescu , B. R. McNamara , A. Ptak , E. Hodges-Kluck , M. Yukita , M. W. Wise , N. Roy

The properties of the relativistically broadened Fe K alpha line emitted in Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are still debated among the AGN community. Recent works seem to exclude that the broad Fe line is a common feature of AGN. The analysis…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-10-04 A. L. Longinotti , I. de La Calle , S. Bianchi , M. Guainazzi , M. Dovciak

We present a detailed spectral analysis of the brightest Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) identified in the 7Ms Chandra Deep Field South (CDF-S) survey over a time span of 16 years. Using a model of an intrinsically absorbed power-law plus…

The variability of the Fe K alpha line near 6.5 keV seems to be reduced compared to the variability of the hard X-rays which presumably drive the line emission. This is observed both in active galactic nuclei and galactic black hole…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 P. T. Zycki

Our analysis is aimed at characterizing the properties of the integrated spectrum of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) such as the ubiquity of the Fe K{\alpha} emission in AGNs and the dependence of the spectral parameters on the X-ray…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 P. Chaudhary , M. Brusa , G. Hasinger , A. Merloni , A. Comastri

We present X-ray and optical analysis of 188 AGN identified from 497 hard X-ray (f (2.0-8.0 keV) > 2.7x10^-15 erg cm^-2 s^-1) sources in 20 Chandra fields (1.5 deg^2) forming part of the Chandra Multi-wavelength Project. These medium depth…