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The bright Seyfert 1 galaxy \mcg shows large variability on a variety of time scales. We study the $\aproxlt 3$ day time scale variability using a set of simultaneous archival observations that were obtained from \rxte and the {\it Advanced…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Michael A. Nowak , James Chiang

We present a systematic analysis of the X-ray spectral properties of a sample of 22 ``narrow-line'' Seyfert 1 galaxies for which data are available from the ASCA public archive. Many of these sources, which were selected on the basis of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 S. Vaughan , J. Reeves , R. Warwick , R , Edelson

We present an analysis of spectrum and variability of the bright reddened narrow line Seyfert 1 galaxy Was~61 using 90 ks archival {\it XMM-Newton} data. The X-ray spectrum in 0.2-10 keV can be characterized by an absorbed power-law plus…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-03-11 Liming Dou , Ting-Gui Wang , Yanli Ai , Weimin Yuan , Hongyan Zhou , Xiao-Bo Dong

We study properties of Fe K lines of a large sample of Seyfert 1s observed by ASCA. Fits with power laws and Gaussian lines yield the average linewidth and equivalent width of 0.22+-0.03 keV and 0.13+-0.01 keV, respectively. Thus, the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Piotr Lubinski , Andrzej Zdziarski

We report on the results of a three-year program of coordinated X-ray and optical monitoring of the narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 4051. The rapid continuum variations observed in the X-ray spectra are not detected in the optical,…

The observed iron K-alpha fluorescence lines in Seyfert-1 galaxies provide strong evidence for an accretion disk near a supermassive black hole as a source of the emission. Here we present an analysis of the geometrical and kinematic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Vladimir I. Pariev , Benjamin C. Bromley , Warner A. Miller

(Abridged) I present a comprehensive and uniform analysis of 25 {\it ASCA} observations from 23 Narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies. The time series analysis is presented in this paper, Part 1, and the spectral analysis and correlations are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Karen M. Leighly

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…

The X-ray spectrum obtained by Tanaka et al from a long observation of the active galaxy MCG$-6-30-15$ shows a broad iron K$\alpha$ line skewed to low energies. The simplest interpretation of the shape of the line is that it is due to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-08 A. C. Fabian , K. Nandra , C. S. Reynolds , W. N. Brandt , C. Otani , Y. Tanaka , H. Inoue , K. Iwasawa

Recent X-ray observations have enabled the study of reverberation delays in AGN for the first time. All the detections so far are in sources with a strong soft excess, and the measured delay is between the hard (1-3 keV) direct continuum…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 A. Zoghbi , A. C. Fabian , C. S. Reynolds , E. M. Cackett

The ensemble optical/ultraviolet variability of narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) type active galactic nuclei (AGNs) is investigated, based on a sample selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Stripe-82 region with multi-epoch…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Y. L. Ai , W. Yuan , H. Zhou , T. G. Wang , X. -B. Dong , J. G. Wang , H. L. Lu

The analysis of hard X-ray features in XMM-Newton data of the bright Sy 1 galaxy Mrk 335 is reported here. The presence of a broad, ionised iron K alpha emission line in the spectrum, first found by Gondoin et al.(2002), is confirmed. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. L. Longinotti , S. Sim , K. Nandra , M. Cappi , P. O'Neill

Chandra and XMM observations are showing that the Fe-K emission lines in type 1 AGN are composite, in general consisting of a narrow and a broad component. We review the latest Chandra HETG results and compare the line profiles with those…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. Yaqoob , U. Padmanabhan , T. Dotani , I. M. George , T. J. Turner , K. Nandra

We extend the study of the core of the Fe K$\alpha$ emission line at \sim 6.4 keV in Seyfert galaxies reported in Yaqoob & Padmanabhan (2004) using a larger sample observed by the Chandra High Energy Grating (HEG). Whilst heavily obscured…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-18 X. W. Shu , T. Yaqoob , J. X. Wang

The recent detection of gamma-ray emission from four radio-loud narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies suggests that the engine driving the AGN activity of these objects share some similarities with that of blazars, namely the presence of a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 G. Calderone , L. Foschini , G. Ghisellini , M. Colpi , L. Maraschi , F. Tavecchio , R. Decarli , G. Tagliaferri

Mkr 841 is a bright Seyfert 1 galaxy known to harbor a strong soft excess and a variable K$\alpha$ iron line. It has been observed during 3 different periods by XMM for a total cumulated exposure time of $\sim$108 ks. We present in this…

We confirm the detection of the relativistically broadened iron K-alpha emission at 6.4 keV with simultaneous Chandra HETGS and RXTE PCA observations. Heavily binned HETGS data show a disk line profile with parameters very similar to those…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 J. C. Lee , K. Iwasawa , J. C. Houck , A. C. Fabian , H. L. Marshall , C. R. Canizares

We present measurements of the Fe-K line for nine Seyfert I galaxies using Chandra High Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer (HETGS) data. The centroid energies are narrowly dispersed (6.403 +/- 0.062 keV) and indicate an origin of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 U. Padmanabhan , T. Yaqoob

A sample of 22 narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) and 47 broad-line Seyfert 1 (BLS1) galaxies observed with Suzaku is used to examine the Fe K band properties of each group. Three different models are used to examine the presence of: narrow…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-01-19 Sophia G. H. Waddell , Luigi C. Gallo

We present results of an intensive two-month campaign of approximately daily spectrophotometric monitoring of the narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy Akn 564 with HST. The fractional variability amplitude of the continuum variations between…