Variable UV Absorption in the Seyfert 1.5 Galaxy NGC 3516: The Case for Associated UV and X-ray Absorption

Details Variable UV Absorption in the Seyfert 1.5 Galaxy NGC 3516: The Case for Associated UV and X-ray Absorption Variable UV Absorption in the Seyfert 1.5 Galaxy NGC 3516: The Case for Associated UV and X-ray Absorption

2002-05-22

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0205389v1

Astrophys.J. 577 (2002) 98-113

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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10.1086/342173

We present observations of the UV absorption lines in the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 3516, obtained at a resolution of $\lambda$/$\Delta\lambda$ $\approx$ 40,000 with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) on 2000 October 1. The UV continuum was $\sim$4 times lower than that observed during 1995 with the Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph (GHRS), and the X-ray flux from a contemporaneous {\it Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO)} observation was a factor of $\sim$8 below that observed with {\it ASCA}. The STIS spectra show kinematic components of absorption in Ly$\alpha$, C IV, and N V at radial velocities of -376, -183, and -36 km s$^{-1}$ (components 1, 2, and 3+4, respectively), which were detected in the earlier GHRS spectra; the last of these is a blend of two GHRS components that have increased greatly in column density. Four additional absorption components have appeared in the STIS spectra at radial velocities of -692, -837, -994, and -1372 km s$^{-1}$ (components 5 through 8); these may also have been present in earlier low-flux states observed by the {\it International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE)}. Based on photoionization models, we suggest that the components are arranged in increasing radial distance in the order, 3+4, 2, 1, followed by components 5 -- 8. We have achieved an acceptable fit to the X-ray data using the combined X-ray opacity of the UV components 1, 2 and 3+4. By increasing the UV and X-ray fluxes of these models to match the previous high states, we are able to match the GHRS C IV column densities, absence of detectable C IV absorption in components 5 through 8, and the 1994 {\it ASCA} spectrum. We conclude that variability of the UV and X-ray absorption in NGC 3516 is primarily due to changes in the ionizing flux.

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