Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-06-20
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.371:821-828,2006
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
8 pages, 10 figures, accepted for pubblication on MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10715.x
In this paper we present INTEGRAL observations of 7 AGNs: two newly discovered type 1 Seyferts, IGR J18027-1455 and IGR J21247+5058, and five well known Seyferts, NGC 6814 (type 1.5), Cyg A (Type 2), MCG-05-23-16 (type 2), ESO 103-G035 (type2) and GRS1734-292. For IGR J18027-1455 and IGR J21247+5058 only INTEGRAL/IBIS data were available, while broadband spectra are presented and discussed for the remaining 5 sources for which either BeppoSAX or ASCA data were used in conjunction with INTEGRAL measurements. In the cases of NGC 6814 and GRS 1734-292, data taken in different periods indicate variability in the flux: in the case of NGC 6814 by a factor of 16 over a period of about 10 years. Although limited in size, our sample can be used to investigate the parameter space of both the photon index and cut-off energy. The mean photon index is 1.8, while the cut-off energy ranges from 30-50 keV to greater than 200 keV; in the particular case of MCG-05-23-16, ESO 103-G035 and GRS 1734-292 the cut-off energy is well constrained at or below 100 keV. We have also tested an enlarged sample, which includes INTEGRAL data of 3 more AGNs, against the correlation found by a number of authors between the photon index and the cut-off energy but have found no evidence for a relation between these two parameters. Our analysis indicates that there is a diversity in cut-off energies in the primary continuum of Seyfert galaxies.
Barlow E. J.
Bassani Loredana
Bird Andrew J.
Clark David J.
Dean Anthony J.
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