Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Aug 1996
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996mnras.281l..69m&link_type=abstract
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 281, Issue 4, pp. L69-L73.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
102
Line: Formation, Line: Identification, Galaxies: Individual: Circinus, Galaxies: Seyfert, X-Rays: Galaxies
Scientific paper
We report the first pointed X-ray observation, made by ASCA, of the nearby Seyfert 2 galaxy in Circinus. The spectrum consists of a very prominent (EW~2 keV) fluorescent 6.4-keV iron line, a very flat continuum (photon spectral index less than 1) and other lines, including one at ~7 keV that is probably due, at least in part, to iron Kbeta fluorescent emission. The spectrum is consistent with Compton scattering and fluorescent emission from cold matter illuminated by an obscured active nucleus.
Fink Henner
Fiore Fabrizio
Grandi Paola
Matsuoka Masaru
Matt Giorgia
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