How complex is the obscuration in AGN? New clues from the Suzaku monitoring of the X-ray absorbers in NGC7582

Details How complex is the obscuration in AGN? New clues from the Suzaku monitoring of the X-ray absorbers in NGC7582 How complex is the obscuration in AGN? New clues from the Suzaku monitoring of the X-ray absorbers in NGC7582

2009-01-14

arxiv.org/abs/0901.1973v1

Astrophys.J.695:781-787,2009

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxy Astrophysics

12 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal

Scientific paper

10.1088/0004-637X/695/1/781

We present the results of a Suzaku monitoring campaign of the Seyfert 2 galaxy, NGC7582. The source is characterized by very rapid (on timescales even lower than a day) changes of the column density of an inner absorber, together with the presence of constant components arising as reprocessing from a Compton-thick material. The best fitting scenario implies important modifications to the zeroth order view of Unified Models. While the existence of a pc-scale torus is needed in order to produce a constant Compton reflection component and an iron K$\alpha$ emission line, in this Seyfert 2 galaxy this is not viewed along the line of sight. On the other hand, the absorption of the primary continuum is due to another material, much closer to the BH, roughly at the distance of the BLR, which can produce the observed rapid spectral variability. On top of that, the constant presence of a $10^{22}$ cm$^{-2}$ column density can be ascribed to the presence of a dust lane, extended on a galactic scale, as previously confirmed by Chandra. There is now mounting evidence that complexity in the obscuration of AGN may be the rule rather than the exception. We therefore propose to modify the Unification Model, adding to the torus the presence of two further absorbers/emitters. Their combination along the line of sight can reproduce all the observed phenomenology.

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