The variable OVIII Warm Absorber in MCG-6-30-15

Details The variable OVIII Warm Absorber in MCG-6-30-15 The variable OVIII Warm Absorber in MCG-6-30-15

1995-11-15

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9511063v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

8 pages (including figures) uuencoded gziped PS file. Submitted to Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan

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We present the results of a 4 day ASCA observation of the Seyfert galaxy MCG-6-30-15, focussing on the nature of the X-ray absorption by the warm absorber, characterizd by the K-edges of the intermediately ionized oxygen, OVII and OVIII. We confirm that the column density of OVIII changes on a timescale of $\sim 10^4$~s when the X-ray continuum flux decreases. The significant anti-correlation of column density with continuum flux gives direct evidence that the warm absorber is photoionized by the X-ray continuum. From the timescale of the variation of the OVIII column density, we estimate that it originates from gas within a radius of about $10^{17}\cm$ of the central engine. In contrast, the depth of the OVII edge shows no response to the continuum flux, which indicates that it originates in gas at larger radii. Our results strongly suggest that there are two warm absorbing regions; one located near or within the Broad Line Region, the other associated with the outer molecular torus, scattering medium or Narrow Line Region.

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