Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Scientific paper
2011-01-07
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
28 pg, 5 tables, 6 figures
Scientific paper
We analyze the \textit{Chandra} High Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer (HETGS) observation of the Seyfert $2$ AGN IRAS\,18325-5926. We detect a $v=-360^{+41}_{-66}$~km~s$^{-1}$ blueshifted ionized absorber in the X-ray spectrum, with photoionization parameter $\log\xi=2.0^{+0.1}_{-0.1}$ and hydrogen column density $N_{\rm H}=1.55^{+0.75}_{-0.38}\times10^{21}$~cm$^{-2}$. The absorber may be a photoionized wind originating in the obscuring torus/global covering around the black hole or outer edge of the accretion disk. The estimated mass outflow rate suggests that the supermassive black hole in IRAS\,18325-5926 may significantly affect the large-scale environment of the host galaxy, unless the solid angle subtended by the outflow or the gas filling factor is small. A second warm absorber may be needed to explain the absorption features in the vicinity of the iron K edge, although insufficient counts in the data beyond $7.0$~keV make it difficult to assess the nature of the second absorber. Most plausible is a high ionization ($\log\xi\sim 2.3$ to $2.6$), high column density ($N_{\rm H}\sim10^{23}$~cm$^{-2}$) absorber with $v\sim -3000$ to $0$~km~s$^{-1}$, although these parameters are not well constrained. We also examine the broad Fe K emission line in the spectrum, which is likely due to Fe XXV in a highly ionized accretion disk inclined at $25^\circ$, consistent with the \textit{XMM-Newton} EPIC observations of the emission line. Because we are able to view both the obscuring gas and the accretion disk of IRAS\,18325-5926, the surrounding gas of IRAS\,18325-5926 may be patchy or we are viewing the system at an angle just grazing the obscuring torus.
Canizares Claude R.
Iwasawa Kazushi
Lee Julia C.
Mocz Philip
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