Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-09-20
Astrophys.J. 543 (2000) L115
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
16 pages, including 1 table and 2 figures
Scientific paper
10.1086/317282
We present a preliminary analysis of the first high-resolution X-ray spectrum of a Seyfert 2 galaxy, Mkn 3, obtained with the High Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer onboard the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The high-energy spectrum (lambda < 4 Ang) is dominated by reflection of the AGN continuum radiation in a cold optically thick medium and contains bright K-alpha fluorescent lines from iron and silicon, as well as weak, blended lines from sulfur and magnesium. The soft X-ray emission (4 < lambda < 23 Ang) is spatially extended along the [O III] ionization cone and shows discrete signatures of emission following recombination and photoexcitation produced in a warm photoionized region. The measured iron L line fluxes indicate that emission from collisionally ionized plasma is almost completely negligible, and does not contribute significantly to the total energy budget of the X-ray emission. We find that significant fractions of the H- and He-like resonance lines, as well as the observed iron L lines are produced through re-emission from the warm absorbing medium observed in Seyfert 1 galaxies. Its X-ray spectral properties are qualitatively consistent with those of a typical Seyfert 1 galaxy viewed at a different orientation, and provide further convincing evidence for the existence of an obscured Seyfert 1 nucleus in Mkn 3.
Kahn Steven M.
Liedahl Duane Allen
Paerels Frits
Sako Masao
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