Weak Reprocessed Features in the Broad Line Radio Galaxy 3C382

Details Weak Reprocessed Features in the Broad Line Radio Galaxy 3C382 Weak Reprocessed Features in the Broad Line Radio Galaxy 3C382

2001-03-26

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0103413v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

11 pages, 4 figures. Accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal

Scientific paper

10.1086/321546

We present a detailed X-ray study of the Broad Line Radio Galaxy 3C382, observed with the BeppoSAX satellite in a very bright state. The continuum emission is well modeled with a power law that steepens at high energies, with an e-folding energy of about 120 keV. At soft energies a clear excess of emission is detected, which can not be explained solely by the extended thermal halo seen in a ROSAT HRI image. A second, more intense soft X-ray component, possibly related to an accretion disk, is required by the data. Both a reflection component (R=0.3) and an iron line (EW \sim 50) are detected, at levels much weaker than in Seyfert galaxies, suggesting a common origin. Combining our measurements with results from the literature we find that the iron line has remained approximately constant over 9 years while the continuum varied by a factor of 5. Thus the fluorescent gas does not respond promptly to the variations of the X-ray primary source, suggesting that the reprocessing site is located away, likely at parsec distances. While the continuum shape indicates that X-rays derive from a thermal Comptonization process, the weakness of other spectral features implies that either the upper layers of the optically thick accretion disk are completely ionized or the corona above the disk is outflowing with mildly relativistic velocity.

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