XMM-Newton observation of the Seyfert 1 ESO 198-G24

Details XMM-Newton observation of the Seyfert 1 ESO 198-G24 XMM-Newton observation of the Seyfert 1 ESO 198-G24

2003-02-20

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0302413v2

Astron.Astrophys. 413 (2004) 913-920

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted for publication in A&A, 9 pages, 6 figures, 3 tables

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20031603

We present the results from an XMM-Newton observation (January 24, 2001) of the bright Seyfert 1 galaxy ESO 198-G24 (z=0.045). We found that this Seyfert has an intrinsic 2-10 keV luminosity of about 10^44 erg s-1. This source shows no intrinsic absorption in addition to the Galactic absorption (N_{H}~3 x 10^20 cm-2). We found both with EPIC and RGS that this source possesses significantly steeper spectra below ~ 1.5-2 keV than observed at higher X-ray energies, the so-called soft X-ray excess. The RGS spectra reveal no significant narrow absorption lines suggesting that if there is a warm absorber, it either has a relatively low column density, or a very high ionization parameter. The RGS data are well described by the combination of a power-law, a modified black body continuum, and weak relativistic lines of O VIII, and C VI Lyalpha. However other interpretations are not definitely excluded. The 2-10 keV energy band is well fitted by an absorbed power-law with a photon spectral index of Gamma=1.77 +/- 0.04 (consistent with the typical Gamma~1.7 found in Seyfert 1 galaxies). We found the presence of a narrow Gaussian emission line at 6.41 keV (i.e < Fe XVII) with a moderate equivalent width of about 60-70 eV, and we found an upper limit for a broad component, if any, of 75 eV. We also found a weak absorption edge associated with cold iron with an optical depth of about 0.2.

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