Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1999-10-04
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
9 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Scientific paper
From the spectral analysis of a broadband (0.1-200 keV) BeppoSAX observation of the Seyfert 1 galaxy IC 4329A, the main results obtained are: a) the amount of reflection, together with the intensity of the iron K line, indicate a geometry with a solid angle substantially less than 2pi; b) the power law is affected by a cut off with e-folding energy about 270 keV, the fourth individual object so far where this property has been firmly detected; c) two absorption features at about 0.7 and 1 keV are found, the first corresponding to a blend of O vi and O vii, the other to a combination of FeL and NeK edges. Compared to an earlier ASCA observation, when the source was 30% fainter, the values of both the relative amount of reflection and the warm absorber ionization degree are significantly lower: the comparison is suggestive of sizeable delay effects in this object, due to geometrical factors in the reflection, and to relaxation to equilibrium states in the ionization of the absorber.
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