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We present the analysis of X-ray spectral varability made on a sample of 7 Seyfert 1 bright galaxies, using XMM-Newton data. From the "XMM-Newton Science Archive" we selected those bright Seyfert 1 showing one or more prominent flares in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 B. De Marco , M. Cappi , M. Dadina , G. G. C. Palumbo

We present results from RXTE data obtained during a systematic monitoring program of four Seyfert galaxies (NGC5548, NGC5506, MCG-6-30-15 and NGC4051). We studied the variability of three hardness ratios derived from the light curves in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 I. E. Papadakis , P. O. Petrucci , L. Maraschi , I. M. McHardy , P. Uttley , F. Haardt

We find that variability of the iron K-alpha line is common in Seyfert 1 galaxies. Using data from the ASCA archive for objects that have been observed more than once during the mission, we study the time-averaged spectra from individual…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 K. A. Weaver , J. Gelbord , T. Yaqoob

We present the final installment of an intensive 13-year study of variations of the optical continuum and broad H-beta emission line in the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 5548. The data base consists of 1530 optical continuum measurements and 1248…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 B. M. Peterson , the International AGN Watch

Data from the first three years of RXTE observations have been systematically analyzed to yield a set of 300 day, 2-10 keV light curves with similarly uniform, ~5 day sampling, for a total of nine Seyfert 1 galaxies. This is the first X-ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 A. Markowitz , R. Edelson

This paper employs direct spectral fitting of individual orbital data in order to measure rapid X-ray iron K_alpha line and continuum spectral slope variations in Seyfert 1 galaxies with unprecedented temporal resolution. Application of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Simon Vaughan , Rick Edelson

We present optical broadband (B and R) observations of the Seyfert 1 nucleus NGC 3516, obtained at Wise Observatory from March 1997 to March 2002, contemporaneously with X-ray 2-10 keV measurements with RXTE. With these data we increase the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Dan Maoz , Alex Markowitz , Rick Edelson , Kirpal Nandra

We analyze observations of the Seyfert galaxy NGC 4151 covering 90 years in the optical band and 27 years in the 2-10 keV X-ray band. We compute the Normalized Power Spectrum Density (NPSD), the Structure Function (SF) and the…

The first seven years of RXTE monitoring of Seyfert 1 active galactic nuclei have been systematically analyzed to yield five homogeneous samples of 2-12 keV light curves, probing hard X-ray variability on successively longer durations from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Alex Markowitz , Rick Edelson

We present an analysis of the rms variability spectra of a sample of 18 observations of 14 Seyfert galaxies observed by XMM-Newton, which exhibit sufficient variability and signal-to-noise ratio to examine the variations in the iron K-band.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-02 Shyam Bhayani , Kirpal Nandra

We report results from a Suzaku observation of the narrow-line Seyfert 1 NGC 4051. During our observation, large amplitude rapid variability is seen and the averaged 2--10 keV flux is 8.1x10^-12 erg s^-1 cm^-2, which is several times lower…

The Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 5548 was observed for a week by Chandra using both the HETGS and LETGS spectrometers. In this paper we study the time variability of the continuum radiation. During our observation, the source showed a gradual…

We test the general wisdom that AGN continua vary with larger amplitude at shorter wavelengths, through a re-analysis of historical data from the optical and UV (IUE) monitoring campaign on the Seyfert 1 galaxy NCG 5548 by the AGN Watch…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Romano , B. M. Peterson

We have performed systematic studies of narrow Fe-K line (6.4 keV) flux variability and Ni-K line intensity for Seyfert galaxies, using {\em Suzaku} and {\em XMM-Newton} archival data. Significant Fe-K line variability of several tens…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-04-20 Yasushi Fukazawa , Shun'ya Furui , Kazuma Hayashi , Masanori Ohno , Kazuyoshi Hiragi , Hirofumi Noda

We present X-ray observations of the Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 galaxy PKS 0558-504 obtained with RXTE during a 1-year monitoring campaign. This source, which is one of the very few radio-loud NLS1 galaxies, shows strong X-ray flux variability…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Gliozzi , I. E. Papadakis , W. Brinkmann

We present strong evidence for variability of the flux of the iron K$\alpha$ emission line in the Seyfert 1 galaxy, NGC 3516. Two ASCA observations, separated by $\sim 1$~yr, showed a marked decrease in continuum flux by $\sim 60$~per cent.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-13 K. Nandra , R. F. Mushotzky , T. Yaqoob , I. M. George , T. J. Turner

We present the results of an intensive ground-based spectrophotometric monitoring campaign of the Seyfert galaxy NGC~4151 for a period of over two months, with a typical temporal resolution of one day. Light curves for four optical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 S. Kaspi et al

We use a model-independent technique to investigate the nature of the 2-15 keV X-ray spectral variability in four Seyfert galaxies and distinguish between spectral pivoting and the two-component model for spectral variability. Our analysis…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Richard D. Taylor , Philip Uttley , Ian M. McHardy

We analyze a composite broad-band optical/UV/Xgamma-ray spectrum of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 5548. The spectrum consists of an average of simultaneous optical/IUE/Ginga observations accompanied by ROSAT and GRO/OSSE data from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 P. Magdziarz , O. M. Blaes , A. A. Zdziarski , W. N. Johnson , D. A. Smith

We present the results of three years of ground-based observations of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 5548, which combined with previously reported data, yield optical continuum and broad-line H-beta light curves for a total of eight years. The…

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