Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Oct 1995
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995deps.rept...12b&link_type=abstract
In Columbia Univ., Diffuse Emission and Pathological Seyfert Spectra p 12-23 (SEE N96-13426 02-89)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Barred Galaxies, Radio Sources (Astronomy), Seyfert Galaxies, Spaceborne Astronomy, Starburst Galaxies, Stellar Luminosity, Supernovae, Thermal Emission, X Ray Astronomy, X Ray Binaries, X Ray Spectra, High Resolution, Infrared Imagery, Photoionization, Plasma Temperature, Proportional Counters, Rosat Mission, Spectral Sensitivity
Scientific paper
The nearby barred spiral galaxy NGC 1672 has been observed with the Position Sensitive Proportional Counter (PSPC) and High Resolution Imager (HRI) instruments on board the ROSAT X-ray satellite. NGC 1672 is thought to have an obscured Seyfert nucleus, and it has strong starburst activity as well. Three bright X-ray sources with luminosities 1-2 x 1040 erg/s are clearly identified with NGC 1672. The strongest lies at the nucleus, and the other two lie at the ends of NGC 1672's prominent bar, locations that are also bright in H alpha and near-infrared images. The nuclear source is resolved by the HRI on about the scale of the recently identified nuclear ring, and one of the sources at the ends of the bar is also probably resolved. The X-ray spectrum of the nuclear source is quite soft, having a Raymond-Smith plasma temperature of approximately equals 0.7 keV and little evidence for intrinsic absorption. The ROSAT band X-ray flux of the nuclear source appears to be dominated not by X-ray binary emission but rather by diffuse gas emission. The absorption and emission properties of the sources, as well as their spatial extents, lead us to models of superbubbles driven by supernovae. However, the large density and emission measure of the nuclear X-ray source stretch the limits that can be comfortably accommodated by these models. We do not detect direct emission from the putative Seyfert nucleus, although an alternative model for the nuclear source is thermal emission from gas that is photoionized by a hidden Seyfert nucleus. The spectra of the other two X-ray sources are harder than that of the nuclear source, and have similar difficulties with regard to superbubble models.
Brandt Wiliam N.
Halpern Jules P.
Iwasawa Kashuzi
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