The X-ray nebula around the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC4388

Details The X-ray nebula around the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC4388 The X-ray nebula around the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC4388

2003-06-06

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0306139v1

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.345:369,2003

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

12 pages, one colour figure included, MNRAS in press

Scientific paper

10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06857.x

We report on X-ray emission from the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC4388 observed with the Chandra X-ray Observatory. A hard X-ray peak is found at the position of the active nucleus suggested by optical and radio observations. Extended soft X-ray emission correlates well with the ionization cone found in optical line emission. A large soft X-ray extension is found up to 16 kpc to the north of the galaxy. Photoionized gas with low ionization parameters (xi<3) appears to be the likely explanation of this emission. The same ionized gas clouds could be responsible for the optical [OIII] emission. Fe K line emission from cold material is found to be extended by a few kpc.

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