Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1997-01-22
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
3 pages; esa_sp_latex style; 1 postscript figure; Comments to felix@astro.su.se or juri@astro.su.se; to appear in the proceedi
Scientific paper
We present a combined, non-simultaneous, ASCA GIS and CGRO OSSE spectrum of the Seyfert 2 galaxy, NGC 7172, and make broad band spectral fits. The only Seyfert 2 galaxy previously studied over such a broad band is NGC 4945. We find that the most probable model for the data is a power law with an exponential cut-off being affected by a neutral absorber. The best fit parameters are found to be $\Gamma = 1.47 \pm 0.15$ and $\NH = (7.8 \pm 0.6) 10^{22}$ cm$^{-2}$. The spectral index of the underlying power law of NGC 7172 has therefore varied from 1.8 to 1.5 since the Ginga observations in 1989. For this simple model the e-folding energy at $88^{+65}_{-28}$ keV is relatively well constrained. The observed flux in the 2-10 keV range is $F_{2-10}=4.7 10^{-11}$ erg cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$, which corresponds to a small increase since the Ginga measurement in October 1989.
Larsson Stefan
Poutanen Juri
Ryde Felix
Svensson Roland
Ueno Shiro
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