Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1997-08-19
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
10 pages, latex, 3 tables and 7 figures included, accepted by Astronomy and Astrophysics, Main Journal
Scientific paper
A broad band X-, gamma-ray spectral study of the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 7172 is presented. We use our ASCA observations from May 1995 and combine these with the CGRO OSSE data from March 1995. The only Seyfert 2 galaxy previously to have been modelled over such a broad spectral range is NGC 4945. We find that the most probable model for the data is an absorbed power law, being affected by a high energy exponential cut-off. The power law is flat with Gamma = 1.54 \pm 0.13, while N_H = (8.1 \pm 0.6) 10^{22} cm$^{-2}$. An Fe K$\alpha$ emission line is not required by the fits. The observed flux in the 2-10 keV range is F_{2-10} = (4.75\pm 0.09) 10^{-11} erg cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$, which corresponds to a small increase since the Ginga measurement in October 1989. The spectral index of the underlying power law of NGC 7172 appears actually to have varied from 1.85 to 1.5 since the Ginga observations in 1989. The e-folding energy is relatively well constrained and lies at 140 ^{+310} _{-70} keV. We note, however, that the CGRO OSSE spectral shape appears to be variable on a time scale of weeks.
Larsson Stefan
Poutanen Juri
Ryde Felix
Svensson Roland
Ueno Shiro
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