Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-07-12
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
30 pages, 5 eps figures, AAS Latex, accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal
Scientific paper
10.1086/317200
In this paper we present the analysis of two broad band (0.1-150 keV) BeppoSAX observations of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 3516. The two observations were taken 4 months apart, on 1996 November 8 and 1997 March 12 respectively. We report a dramatic change in the degree of obscuration of the central source between the two observations, and propose, as possible explanations transient absorption by either a stationary-state cloud of cold gas crossing the line of sight, or a varying-state, initially neutral and dense amount of expanding gas with decreasing density and therefore decreasing opacity. We also report the detection of a second highly ionized absorber/emitter, which causes deep FeXVII-XXII K edges at about 7.8 keV to appear in both BeppoSAX spectra of NGC 3516, and possibly produces the soft X-ray continuum emission and the 1 keV blend of Fe L recombination lines detected during the epoch of heavy nuclear obscuration.
Comastri Andrea
Costantini Elisa
Elvis Martin
Fiore Fabrizio
Fruscione Antonella
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