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Titolo: | Anatomy of the AGN in NGC 5548. VIII. XMM-Newton's EPIC detailed view of an unexpected variable multilayer absorber | Autori: | CAPPI, MASSIMO De Marco, B. PONTI, GABRIELE Ursini, Francesco Petrucci, P. -O. Bianchi, S. Kaastra, J. S. Kriss, G. A. Mehdipour, M. Whewell, M. Arav, N. Behar, E. Boissay, R. Branduardi-Raymont, G. Costantini, E. Ebrero, J. Di Gesu, L. Harrison, F. A. Kaspi, S. Matt, G. Paltani, S. Peterson, B. M. Steenbrugge, K. C. Walton, D. J. |
Data pubblicazione: | 2016 | Rivista: | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | Numero: | 592 | Da pagina:: | A27 | Abstract: | In 2013, we conducted a large multi-wavelength campaign on the archetypical Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 5548. Unexpectedly, this usually unobscured source appeared strongly absorbed in the soft X-rays during the entire campaign, and signatures of new and strong outflows were present in the almost simultaneous UV HST/COS data. Here we carry out a comprehensive spectral analysis of all available XMM-Newton observations of NGC 5548 (precisely 14 observations from our campaign plus three from the archive, for a total of ~763 ks) in combination with three simultaneous NuSTAR observations. We obtain a best-fit underlying continuum model composed by I) a weakly varying flat (Γ ~ 1.5-1.7) power-law component; II) a constant, cold reflection (FeK + continuum) component; III) a soft excess, possibly owing to thermal Comptonization; and iv) a constant, ionized scattered emission-line dominated component. Our main findings are that, during the 2013 campaign, the first three of these components appear to be partially covered by a heavy and variable obscurer that is located along the line of sight (LOS), which is consistent with a multilayer of cold and mildly ionized gas. We characterize in detail the short timescale (mostly ~ks-to-days) spectral variability of this new obscurer, and find it is mostly due to a combination of column density and covering factor variations, on top of intrinsic power-law (flux and slope) variations. In addition, our best-fit spectrum is left with several (but marginal) absorption features at rest-frame energies ~6.7-6.9 keV and ~8 keV, aswell as a weak broad emission line feature redwards of the 6.4 keV emission line. These could indicate a more complex underlying model, e.g. a P-Cygni-type emission profile if we allow for a large velocity and wide-angle outflow. These findings are consistent with a picture where the obscurer represents the manifestation along the LOS of a multilayer of gas, which is also in multiphase, and which is likely outflowing at high speed, and simultaneously producing heavy obscuration and scattering in the X-rays, as well as broad absorption features in the UV. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/26412 | URL: | https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2016/08/aa28464-16/aa28464-16.html | ISSN: | 0004-6361 | DOI: | 10.1051/0004-6361/201628464 | Bibcode ADS: | 2016A&A...592A..27C | Fulltext: | open |
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