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We present a spectral analysis of the 118 ks High Energy Transmission Gratings (HETG) observation of the X-ray bright Seyfert 1.5 galaxy MCG +8-11-11, in conjunction with 100 ks of archival Suzaku data, aimed at investigating the signatures…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 K. D. Murphy , M. A. Nowak

Over the last 3 yrs, the Galactic center (GC) region has been monitored with the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. With 11 Chandra observations through 2002 June, the total effective exposure reaches ~590 ks, providing significant photon…

We present the first X-ray observations of three sources belonging to a new AGN class: the naked AGNs. Based on optical spectroscopic studies, these sources appear as classical type 2 (obscured) AGNs, with only narrow emission lines.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 M. Gliozzi , R. M. Sambruna , L. Foschini

On two occasions, we obtained nearly simultaneous ~ 4 kilosecond snapshot observations of the Galactic black hole and microquasar XTE J1550-564 with Chandra and RXTE near the peak of its May, 2000 outburst. The low-energy sensitivity of…

We present a search for nuclear X-ray emission in the brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs) of a sample of groups and clusters of galaxies extracted from the Chandra archive. The exquisite angular resolution of Chandra allows us to obtain…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-06-21 Lilan Yang , Paolo Tozzi , Heng Yu , Elisabeta Lusso , Massimo Gaspari , Roberto Gilli , Emanuele Nardini , Guido Risaliti

We present $NuSTAR$ X-ray observations of the active galactic nucleus (AGN) in NGC 7674. The source shows a flat X-ray spectrum, suggesting that it is obscured by Compton-thick gas columns. Based upon long-term flux dimming, previous work…

We present 197 ks HETG and 95 ks NuSTAR spectra of the $\gamma\,$Cas-type object V750 Ara. The high-resolution X-ray spectra show that the target is similar to other objects of this class. Data are interpreted under the assumption that the…

We present a rest-frame spectral stacking analysis of ~1000 X-ray sources detected in the XMM-COSMOS field in order to investigate the iron K line properties of active galaxies beyond redshift z~1. In Type I AGN that have a typical X-ray…

A wide-frequency radio study of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) is crucial to evaluate the intervening radiative mechanisms responsible for the observed emission and relate them with the underlying accretion physics. We present wide frequency…

Short X-ray reverberation lags are seen across a broad Fe-K energy band in more than twenty active galactic nuclei (AGNs). This broad iron line feature in the lag spectrum is most significant in super-Eddington sources such as Ark 564…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-11-28 Misaki Mizumoto , Ken Ebisawa , Masahiro Tsujimoto , Chris Done , Kouichi Hagino , Hirokazu Odaka

Starting in 2012, we began an unprecedented observational program focused on the supermassive black hole in the center of our Galaxy, Sgr A*, utilizing the High Energy Transmission Gratings Spectrometer (HETGS) instrument on the Chandra…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 M. A. Nowak , J. Neilsen , S. B. Markoff , F. K. Baganoff , D. Porquet , N. Grosso , Y. Levin , J. Houck , A. Eckart , H. Falcke , L. Ji , J. M. Miller , Q. D. Wang

We present here high resolution X-ray spectrum of the accreting binary X-ray pulsar GX 1+4 obtained with the High Energy Transmission Grating (HETG) instrument of the Chandra X-ray Observatory. This was supplemented by a simultaneous…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 B. Paul , T. Dotani , F. Nagase , U. Mukherjee , S. Naik

The analysis of a deep (579 ks) Chandra ACIS pointing of the elliptical galaxy NGC4278, which hosts a low luminosity AGN and compact radio emission, allowed us to detect extended emission from hot gas out to a radius of \sim 5 kpc, with a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 S. Pellegrini , J. Wang , G. Fabbiano , D. W. Kim , N. J. Brassington , J. S. Gallagher , G. Trinchieri , A. Zezas

(abridged) We present a catalog of 2357 point sources detected during 590 ks of Chandra observations of the 17-by-17 arcminute field around Sgr A*. This field encompasses a physical area of 40 by 40 pc at a distance of 8 kpc. The…

Spectral energy distributions (SEDs) from X-ray to far-infrared (FIR) wavelengths are presented for a sample of 1246 X-ray luminous active galactic nuclei (AGN; $L_{0.5-10\rm{keV}}>10^{43}$ erg s$^{-1}$), with $z_{\rm{spec}}<1.2$, selected…

In this letter we report the detection of an extremely strong X-ray emission line in the 940ks chandra ACIS-I spectrum of CXO CDFS J033225.3-274219. The source was identified as a Type1 AGN at redshift of z = 1.617, with 2.0 -- 10.0 keV…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 J. Wang , T. Yaqoob , G. Szokoly , R. Gilli , L. Kewley , V. Mainieri , M. Nonino , P. Rosati , P. Tozzi , W. Zheng , A. Zirm , C. Norman

We report on a study of the narrow Fe K$\alpha$ line and reflection spectrum in the well-known Seyfert-2 AGN, NGC 4388. X-ray spectra summed from two extensive NICER monitoring campaigns, separated by years, show strong evidence of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-05 B. Gediman , J. M. Miller , A. Zoghbi , P. Draghis , Z. Arzoumanian , W. N . Brandt , K. Gendreau

We present initial results from a new 440-ks Chandra HETG GTO observation of the canonical Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 1068. The proximity of NGC 1068, together with Chandra's superb spatial and spectral resolution, allow an unprecedented view of…

We present X-ray observations of nine Weak-Line Radio Galaxies (WLRGs), optically classified as confirmed or possible Low Ionization Nuclear Emission-line Regions (LINERs). The data were taken from the Chandra, XMM, and BeppoSax archives.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Alexander S. Rinn , Rita M. Sambruna , Mario Gliozzi

We report on Chandra observations of 18 hard X-ray (>20 keV) sources discovered with the INTEGRAL satellite near the Galactic plane. For 14 of the INTEGRAL sources, we have uncovered one or two potential Chandra counterparts per source.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 John A. Tomsick , Arash Bodaghee , Sylvain Chaty , Jerome Rodriguez , Farid Rahoui , Jules Halpern , Emrah Kalemci , Mehtap Ozbey Arabaci