Published March 26, 2012
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Journal article
Do NLS1s have a beamed outflow? An unusual X-ray perspective for Mrk 766
Creators
- 1. INAF-Arcetri observatory, Largo E. Fermi 5, I-50125 Firenze (Italy) and Harvard-Smithsonian Ceter for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138 (United States)
Description
Recently, the detection of Gamma-ray emission from Narrow Line Seyfert 1s has suggested that these sources may emit beamed jets towards us. I report the results of a time-resolved spectral analysis of an XMM-Newton long observation of Mrk 766, showing that the X-ray source has been eclipsed several times by clouds with a cold, dense core, and a less dense, highly ionized tail. These clouds have blueshift velocities v > 104 km s-1 (as measured through He-like iron absorption lines), and are therefore part of a strong outflow. These results provide new important constraints on the geometry and structure of this source, and may be relevant to understand the peculiarity of NLS1s as a class of AGNs.
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/355/1/012024Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
- Journal Volume
- 355
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- [5 p.]
- ISSN
- 1742-6596
Conference
- Title
- International workshop on beamed and unbeamed gamma-rays from galaxies
- Dates
- 11-15 Apr 2011
- Place
- Muonio (Finland)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 43104870
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ABSORPTION SPECTRA; ASTROPHYSICS; COSMIC RAY DETECTION; COSMIC X-RAY SOURCES; GALAXY NUCLEI; GAMMA ASTRONOMY; GAMMA DETECTION; GAMMA RADIATION; IRON IONS; MULTICHARGED IONS; QUASARS; SEYFERT GALAXIES; SPECTRAL SHIFT; TIME RESOLUTION; VELOCITY
- Descriptors DEC
- ASTRONOMY; CHARGED PARTICLES; COSMIC RADIO SOURCES; COSMIC RAY SOURCES; DETECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; GALAXIES; IONIZING RADIATIONS; IONS; PHYSICS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATIONS; RESOLUTION; SPECTRA; TIMING PROPERTIES