A full characterization of the supermassive black hole in IRAS 09149-6206
Journal
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
Date Issued
2020
Author(s)
Walton, D. J.
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Alston, W. N.
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Kosec, P.
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Fabian, A. C.
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Gallo, L. C.
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Garcia, J. A.
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Miller, J. M.
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NARDINI, Emanuele
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Reynolds, M. T.
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Ricci, C.
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Stern, D.
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Dauser, T.
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Harrison, F. A.
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Reynolds, C. S.
Abstract
We present new broad-band X-ray observations of the type-I Seyfert galaxy IRAS 09149-6206, taken in 2018 with XMM-Newton, NuSTAR, and Swift. The source is highly complex, showing a classic 'warm' X-ray absorber, additional absorption from highly ionized iron, strong relativistic reflection from the innermost accretion disc and further reprocessing by more distant material. By combining X-ray timing and spectroscopy, we have been able to fully characterize the supermassive black hole in this system, constraining both its mass and - for the first time - its spin. The mass is primarily determined by X-ray timing constraints on the break frequency seen in the power spectrum, and is found to be log [MBH/M⊙] = 8.0 ± 0.6 (1σ uncertainties). This is in good agreement with previous estimates based on the H α and H β line widths, and implies that IRAS 09149-6206 is radiating at close to (but still below) its Eddington luminosity. The spin is constrained via detailed modelling of the relativistic reflection, and is found to be $a^* = 0.94^{+0.02}_{-0.07}$ (90 per cent confidence), adding IRAS 09149-6206 to the growing list of radio-quiet active galactic nuclei (AGNs) that host rapidly rotating black holes. The outflow velocities of the various absorption components are all relatively modest (vout ≲ 0.03c), implying these are unlikely to drive significant galaxy-scale AGN feedback.
Volume
499
Issue
1
Start page
1480
Issn Identifier
0035-8711
Ads BibCode
2020MNRAS.499.1480W
Rights
open.access