Chandra observations of the H2O megamaser galaxy Mrk1210

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Jun 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009scchg..52..960z&link_type=abstract

Science in China Series G: Physics, Mechanics and Astronomy, Volume 52, Issue 6, pp.960-968

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Active Galaxy Nuclei, Seyfert Galaxy, X-Ray, Maser

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We present the first Chandra X-ray observations of the H2O megamaser galaxy Mrk1210 (UGC4203), a Seyfert 2 galaxy at an approximate distance of D ˜ 57.6 Mpc. The Chandra X-ray image, with by far the highest angular resolution (˜1″), displays an unresolved compact core toward the nuclear region of Mrk1210. Comparisons with the previous X-ray observations in the nuclear emission and the spectral shape indicate a fairly stable phase between 2001 ( BeppoSAX and XMM-Newton) and 2004 ( Chandra) after a dramatic variation since 1995 ( ASCA). The best-fit model of Chandra X-ray spectrum consists of two components. The soft scattered component can be best fitted by a moderately absorbed power-law model adding a spectral line at ˜0.9 keV (possibly a Ne-Kα fluorescent line), while the hard nuclear component can be well reproduced by a heavily absorbed power-law model ( N H ˜ 2×1023 cm-2) with an additional line at ˜6.19 keV (close to the Fe-Kα fluorescent line). The derived absorption-corrected X-ray luminosity implies that the dramatic variation of spectral properties is caused by significant changes of the absorbing column density along the line-of-sight, while the intrinsic nuclear X-ray luminosity remains stable. In this case, the absorbers should be anisotropic and its size can be constrained to be less than 0.0013 pc. In addition, we also estimate the mass of central engine, the disk radius and the accretion rate of the accretion disk to be 107.12±0.31 M &sun;, ˜1 pc and 0.006, respectively.

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