High-resolution X-ray spectroscopy of the low and high states of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 4051 with Chandra LETGS

Details High-resolution X-ray spectroscopy of the low and high states of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 4051 with Chandra LETGS High-resolution X-ray spectroscopy of the low and high states of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 4051 with Chandra LETGS

2009-01-20

arxiv.org/abs/0901.3108v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics

Accepted by A&A, 14 pages, 9 figures

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361/200810416

Methods. We analyse two observations taken with the Low Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer of Chandra. We investigated the spectral response to a sudden flux decrease by a factor of 5, which occurred during the second observation. Results. We detect a highly ionised absorption component with an outflow velocity of -4670 km/s, one of the highest outflow velocity components observed in a Seyfert 1 galaxy. The spectra contain a relativistic O VIII Ly alpha line, and four absorption components spanning a range in ionisation parameter xi between 0.07 and 3.19. An emission component producing radiative recombination continua of C VI and C V appears during the low state. The black body temperature decreases with the drop in flux observed in the second observation. Conclusions. For all absorber components we exclude that the ionisation parameter linearly responded to the decrease in flux by a factor of 5. The variability of the absorber suggest that at least three out of four detected components are located in the range 0.02-1 pc. ABRIDGED

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