Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-07-17
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 317 (2000) L35
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
5 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS, replaced to improve formatting
Scientific paper
10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03871.x
We present analyses of the ASCA X-ray spectra of two Seyfert galaxies, Tololo 0109-383 and ESO 138-G1. In both cases, spectral fitting reveals two statistically acceptable continuum models: Compton reflection and partial covering. Both spectra have strong iron K-alpha lines, with equivalent widths greater than 1.5 keV. These large equivalent widths are suggestive of heavier obscuration than that directly indicated by the partial-covering models (approximately 2 x 10^23 cm^-2), with the actual column densities being `Compton-thick' (i.e. N_H > 1.5 x 10^24 cm^-2). We use the hard X-ray/[O III] flux correlation for Seyferts and data from the literature to provide additional support for this hypothesis. Since Tololo 0109-383 is known to have optical type 1 characteristics such as broad Balmer line components and Fe II emission, this result marks it as a notable object.
Brandt Wiliam N.
Collinge Matthew J.
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