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Title: | Resolving the X-Ray Obscuration in a Low-flux Observation of the Quasar PDS 456 | Authors: | Reeves, J. N. BRAITO, Valentina NARDINI, EMANUELE Hamann, F. Chartas, G. Lobban, A. P. O'Brien, P. T. Turner, T. J. |
Issue Date: | 2018 | Journal: | THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL | Number: | 867 | Issue: | 1 | First Page: | 38 | Abstract: | Simultaneous XMM-Newton, NuSTAR, and HST observations, performed in 2017 March, of the nearby (z = 0.184) luminous quasar PDS 456 are presented. PDS 456 had a low X-ray flux compared to past observations, where the first of the two new XMM-Newton observations occurred during a pronounced dip in the X-ray light curve. The broadband X-ray spectrum is highly absorbed, attenuated by a soft X-ray absorber of column density N <SUB>H</SUB> = 6 × 10<SUP>22</SUP> cm<SUP>-2</SUP>. An increase in obscuration occurs during the dip, which may be due to an X-ray eclipse. In addition, the persistent, fast Fe K outflow is present, with velocity components of -0.25c and -0.4c. The soft absorber is less ionized ({log}ξ =3) compared to the iron K outflow ({log}ξ =5) and is outflowing with a velocity of approximately -0.2c. A soft X-ray excess is present below 1 keV against the highly absorbed continuum and can be attributed to the re-emission from a wide-angle wind. The complex X-ray absorption present in PDS 456 suggests that the wind is inhomogeneous, whereby the soft X-ray absorber originates from denser clumps or filaments that may form farther out along the outflow. In contrast to the X-ray observations, the simultaneous UV spectrum of PDS 456 is largely unabsorbed, where only a very weak broad absorption trough is present blueward of Lyα, compared to a past observation in 2000 when the trough was significantly stronger. The relative weakness of the UV absorption may be due to the soft X-ray absorber being too highly ionized and almost transparent in the UV band. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/28417 | URL: | https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/aae30c | ISSN: | 0004-637X | DOI: | 10.3847/1538-4357/aae30c | Bibcode ADS: | 2018ApJ...867...38R | Fulltext: | open |
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