Testing Comptonisation models using BeppoSAX observations of Seyfert 1 galaxies

Details Testing Comptonisation models using BeppoSAX observations of Seyfert 1 galaxies Testing Comptonisation models using BeppoSAX observations of Seyfert 1 galaxies

2001-04-11

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0104204v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

20 pages, 12 Figures, accepted in ApJ Main journal (in emulateapj style)

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We have used realistic Comptonization models to fit high quality BeppoSAX data of 6 Seyfert galaxies. Our main effort was to adopt a Comptonization model taking into account the anisotropy of the soft photon field. The most important consequence is a reduction of the first scattering order, which produces a break (the so-called anisotropy break) in the outgoing spectra. The physical parameters of the hot corona (i.e. the temperature and optical depth) obtained fitting this class of models to broad band X-ray spectra are substantially different from those derived fitting the same data with the power law + cut-off model commonly used in the literature. In particular, our best fits with Comptonization models in slab geometry give a temperature generally much larger and an optical depth much smaller than derived from the power law + cut-off fits, using standard Comptonization formulae. The estimate of the reflection normalization is also larger with the slab corona model. For most objects of our sample, both models give Compton parameter values larger than expected in a slab corona geometry, suggesting a more ``photon starved'' X-ray source configuration. Finally, the two models provide different trends and correlation between the physical parameters which has major consequences for the physical interpretation of the data.

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