Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-02-13
Astrophys.J. 607 (2004) 788-793
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
8 pages, uses emulateapj5, To apear in ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1086/383607
We report on XMM-Newton spectroscopy of the low-luminosity active galaxies (LLAGN) M81 and NGC4579 both of which have known black hole masses and well-sampled spectral energy distributions (SED). The iron Kalpha line profiles from both the LLAGN can be described in terms of two components - a narrow line at 6.4 keV and a moderately broad line (FWHM = 20000 km/s) arising from highly ionized, He-like or H-like species (E \sim 6.8 keV). We interpret the broad lines arising from an accretion disk the inner edge of which is restricted to large radii (r_{in} \sim 100 r_g). However, the Eddington ratio, {L}/{L_{Edd}}, of these sources, is 3 - 4 orders of magnitude lower than that required to photo-ionize a cold disk to He-like iron. We suggest that the lines can be explained as collisionally ionized X-ray lines arising from the transition region between a hot (radiatively inefficient) flow in the inner regions and a cold disk outside r \sim 100r_g. The accretion flow geometry probed by our XMM-Newton observations is consistent with the truncated disk models proposed to explain the SED of LLAGNs.
Dewangan Gulab Chand
Di Matteo Tiziana
Griffiths Richard E.
Schurch Nicholas J.
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