Evidence for Absorption due to Highly-Ionized Gas in the Radio-quiet Quasar PG 1114+445

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1997-08-04

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9708034v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted for publication in ApJ (scheduled 1997 Dec 20), LaTeX, 18 pages

Scientific paper

10.1086/304998

We present results on the X-ray spectrum of the quasar PG 1114+445 from an ASCA observation performed in 1996 June, and a ROSAT observation performed 3 years earlier. We show good agreement between all the datasets can be obtained if the underlying continuum in the 0.2--10 keV band is assumed to be a powerlaw (photon index Gamma approx 1.8) absorbed by photoionized material. The ionized gas imprints deep absorption edges in the observed spectrum <~ 2 keV due to Ovii and Oviii, from which we determine its column density (approx 2E22 cm^{-2}) and ionization parameter (Ux approx 0.1) to be similar to that observed in Seyfert-I galaxies. Unfortunately these data do not allow any strong constraints to be placed on the location, or solid angle subtended by the material at the ionizing source. We also find evidence for absorption in the Fe K-shell band in excess of that predicted from the lower energy features. This implies an Fe/O abundance ratio approx 10 times the cosmic value, or an additional screen of more-highly ionized gas, possibly out-flowing from the nucleus. We briefly compare our results with those obtained from other active galaxies.

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