Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2003-11-02
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
To appear in the proceedings of "AGN Physics with the SDSS", eds. G. T. Richards and P. B. Hall (San Francisco: ASP) (2004), 4
Scientific paper
We present the first XMM-Newton observations of the radio-quiet quasar MR2251-178. We model the X-ray spectrum with two power laws, one at high energies with a slope of \Gamma=1.6 and the other to model the soft excess with a slope of \Gamma=2.9, both absorbed by at least two warm absorbers (WAs). The high-resolution grating spectrum shows emission lines from N VI, O VII, O VIII, Ne IX, and Ne X, as well as absorption lines from the low ionization ions O III, O IV, and O V. A study of the spectral variations in MR2251-178 over a period of 8.5 years yields that all X-ray observations can be fitted with the above model. Luminosity variations over timescales of years seem to correlate with the soft excess variations but not with the WA properties variations. The overall picture is that of a stratified WA that enters and disappears from the line-of-sight on timescales of several months. We also present the first FUSE spectrum of MR2251-178. The general characteristics of the UV and X-ray absorbers seem to be consistent.
Chelouche Doron
George Ian Michael
Kaspi Shai
Nandra Kirpal
Netzer Hagai
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