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We present the first in a series of papers describing the X-ray properties of a sample of 18 Seyfert 1 galaxies, using data obtained by \asca. The imaging data reveal a number of serendipitous hard X-ray sources in some source fields, but…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 K. Nandra , I. M. George , R. F. Mushotzky , T. J. Turner , T. Yaqoob

We present a detailed analysis on the variability of the Fe K emission line in NGC 4051 using ASCA data. Through simple Gaussian line fits, we find not only obvious Fe K line variability with no significant difference in the X-ray continuum…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 J. X. Wang , Y. Y. Zhou , H. G. Xu , T. G. Wang

We present results from several XMM-Newton observations of the radio loud Narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy (NLS1) PKS 0558-504. We find evidence for strong and persistent X-ray variability, both on short and long time-scales. On short time…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 W. Brinkmann , P. Arevalo , M. Gliozzi , E. Ferrero

Results from a 60 ks Chandra HETGS observation of the nearby Seyfert 2 Circinus are presented. The spectrum shows a wealth of emission lines at both soft and hard X-rays, including lines of Ne, Mg, Si, S, Ar, Ca, and Fe, and a prominent Fe…

We present long term monitoring of MCG-6-30-15 in X-rays, optical and near-IR wavelengths, collected over five years of monitoring. We determine the power spectrum density of all the observed bands and show that after taking into account…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-09-30 P. Lira , P. Arevalo , P. Uttley , I. M. M. McHardy , L. Videla

It has recently been suggested that Compton downscattering may give rise to the broad iron lines seen in the X-ray spectra of Seyfert 1 galaxies. This challenges the standard model in which these lines originate from the innermost regions…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 C. S. Reynolds , J. Wilms

We present a detailed spectral study of the narrow-line Seyfert~1 galaxy, Markarian~335, using eight epoch observations made between 2013 and 2020 with the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array. The source was variable during this period…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-04-01 Santanu Mondal , C. S. Stalin

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 present data from simultaneous Chandra, XMM-Newton and BeppoSAX observations of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 3516, taken during 2001 April and Nov. We have investigated the nature of the very flat observed X-ray spectrum. Chandra grating…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 T. J. Turner , S. B. Kraemer , I. M. George , J. N. Reeves , M. C. Bottorff

We study the flux-flux plots (FFPs) of the Seyfert galaxy SWIFT J2127.4+5654 which was observed simultaneously by XMM-Newton and NuSTAR. The 0.7-2 keV FFPs show a non-linear behaviour, while they are well fitted by a straight line, in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-08 E. S. Kammoun , I. E. Papadakis

Broad, asymmetric, and red-skewed Fe Kalpha emission lines have been observed in the spectra of low-mass X-ray binaries hosting neutron stars (NSs) as a compact object. Because more than one model is able to describe these features, the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-05-01 T. Maiolino , P. Laurent , L. Titarchuk , M. Orlandini , F. Frontera

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

Aims: We analyse a long XMM-Newton spectrum of the narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 766, using the marked spectral variability on timescales >20ks to separate components in the X-ray spectrum. Methods: Principal components analysis is used…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 L. Miller , T. J. Turner , J. N. Reeves , I. M. George , S. B. Kraemer , B. Wingert

We study the Frequency Resolved Spectra of the Seyfert galaxy MCG -6-30-15 obtained during two recent XMM-Newton observations. Splitting the Fourier spectra in soft (<2 keV) and hard (>2 keV) bands, we find that the soft band has a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 I. E. Papadakis , D. Kazanas , A. Akylas

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 performed a comprehensive analysis of flux and color variability in a redshift-matched sample of Seyfert galaxies, comprising 23 gamma-ray-detected narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies (gNLS1s), 190 non-gamma-ray-detected narrow-line Seyfert 1…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-17 Vineet Ojha , Xue-Bing Wu , Luis C. Ho

We report on a study of forbidden emission-line spectrum of nearby Seyfert 1.5 galaxy NGC 4151 based on the high-resolution (R ~ 45,000) optical spectrum obtained by using the High Dispersion Spectrograph boarded on the Subaru Telescope.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Tohru Nagao , Takashi Murayama , Yasuhiro Shioya , Yoshiaki Taniguchi

We report on strong X-ray variability and the Fe K band spectrum of the Seyfert galaxy IRAS 18325-5926 obtained from the 2001 XMM-Newton EPIC pn observation of a 120 ks duration. While the X-ray source is highly variable, the 8-10 keV band…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-08-10 K. Iwasawa , A. C. Fabian , E. Kara , C. S. Reynolds , G. Miniutti , F. Tombesi

The absorption lines in the soft X-ray spectrum of MCG--6-30-15 are studied using the Reflection Grating Spectrometer data from the 2001 XMM-Newton 320 ks observation. A line search of the full time-averaged spectrum reveals 51 absorption…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-17 A. K. Turner , A. C. Fabian , J. C. Lee , S. Vaughan

We report on an analysis in the 3--10 keV X-ray band of the long 1999 ASCA observation of MCG--6-30-15. The time-averaged broad iron K line is well-described by disk emission near a Schwarzschild black hole, confirming the results of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-17 D. C. Shih , K. Iwasawa , A. C. Fabian