Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Sep 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006head....9.1003r&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, HEAD meeting #9, #10.03; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 38, p.364
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
We present initial results on the iron K line and Compton reflection component from Suzaku observations of X-ray bright AGN from the early guaranteed time phase of the mission. The Suzaku data show complex iron lines in several AGN, with both narrow and broad velocity components present in many Seyfert galaxies. The broad bandpass of Suzaku allows tight constraints to be placed on the continuum and the Compton reflection component is detected in several sources. Suzaku's broad energy bandpass removes much of the ambiguity associated with modeling the broad relativistic iron line. This confirms that at least part of the iron line emission originates from the innermost accretion disk near the massive black hole, with the narrow line core likely arising from the molecular torus or BLR. Time resolved studies of both the iron line and reflection component can be performed. In several sources (e.g. MCG -6-30-15 and MCG -5-23-16), both the iron line and reflection component appear to be less variable than the primary continuum emission.
Reeves James
Suzaku SWG
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