Published March 26, 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

Do NLS1s have a beamed outflow? An unusual X-ray perspective for Mrk 766

  • 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/10.1088/1742-6596/355/1/012024

Additional details

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)