Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-07-11
Astrophys.J.651:749-766,2006
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
19 pages, 12 figures, accepted by ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1086/507508
Double-peaked Balmer-line profiles originate in the accretion disks of a few percent of optically selected AGN. The reasons behind the strong low-ionization line emission from the accretion disks of these objects is still uncertain. In this paper, we characterize the X-ray properties of 39 double-peaked Balmer line AGN, 29 from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and 10 low optical-luminosity double-peaked emitters from earlier radio-selected samples. We find that the UV-to-X-ray slope of radio-quiet (RQ) double-peaked emitters as a class does not differ substantially from that of normal RQ AGN with similar UV monochromatic luminosity. The radio-loud (RL) double-peaked emitters, with the exception of LINER galaxies, are more luminous in the X-rays than RQ AGN, as has been observed for other RL AGN with single-peaked profiles. The X-ray spectral shapes of double-peaked emitters, measured by their hardness ratios or power-law photon indices, are also largely consistent with those of normal AGN of similar radio-loudness. In practically all cases studied here, external illumination of the accretion disk is necessary to produce the Balmer-line emission, as the gravitational energy released locally in the disk by viscous stresses is insufficient to produce lines of the observed strength. In the Appendix we study the variability of Mrk 926, a double-peaked emitter with several observations in the optical and X-ray bands.
Brandt Wiliam N.
Chartas George
Eracleous Michael
Schneider David P.
Strateva Iskra V.
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