The X-ray absorber of PKS2126-158

Details The X-ray absorber of PKS2126-158 The X-ray absorber of PKS2126-158

2003-06-25

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0306530v2

Astron.Astrophys.409:57-64,2003

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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10.1051/0004-6361:20031018

BeppoSAX observed the z=3.27 quasar PKS2126-158 on 1999 May 24-28 when its 2-10keV and 0.1-2.5keV fluxes were 1.1E-11 and 4.4E-12 cgs respectively, a factor of 2 higher than in all previous ROSAT and ASCA observations and 40% higher than in two more recent Chandra and XMM-Newton observations. The shortest detected rest frame variability timescale is of a few months, comparable to the causal timescale associated to an emission region of ~10 Schwarzschild radii around a few 1E10 solar masses black hole. The source is detected with a signal to noise ratio S/N>=3 up to ~50 keV, 215 keV rest frame. The BeppoSAX observations confirm the presence of low energy absorption along the line of sight, independent on the continuum model adopted, at high confidence level. Despite the limited spectral resolution of the BeppoSAX LECS and MECS it is possible to put constraints on different absorption and continuum models, but not to unambiguously determine the redshift of the absorber. If the absorber is not significantly ionized the BeppoSAX data do prefer an absorber at z<=2.7. Strong and complex metal line systems along the line of sight to PKS2126-158 have been found at z=0.6631 and at 2.64

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