Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-08-28
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
11 pages, 11 figures. To be published in A&A
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:200810151
We present an accurate characterisation of the high-resolution X-ray spectrum of the Narrow Line Seyfert 1 galaxy Arakelian 564 and put it in to context with other objects of its type by making a detailed comparison of their spectra. The best fit to the data identifies five significant emission lines at 18.9, 22.1, 24.7, 29.0 and 33.5A due O VIII Ly alpha, O VII(f), N VII Ly alpha, N VI(i) and C VI Ly alpha respectively. These have an RMS velocity of ~1100km/s and a flow velocity of ~-600km/s, except for the O VII(f) emission line, which has a flow velocity consistent with zero. Two separate emitting regions are identified. Three separate phases of photoionized, X-ray absorbing gas are included in the fit with ionization parameters log xi=-0.86, 0.87, 2.56 and column densities N_H=0.89, 2.41, 6.03*10^20cm^-2 respectively. All three phases show this to be an unusually low velocity outflow (-10pm100km/s) for a narrow line Seyfert 1. We present the hypothesis that the BLR is the source of the NLR and warm absorber, and examine optical and UV images from the XMM-Newton Optical Monitor to relate our findings to the characteristics of the host galaxy.
Branduardi-Raymont Graziella
Page Mat J.
Smith R. A. N.
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