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X-ray Grating
SpectroscopyMike Crenshaw
Georgia State University
X-ray Grating Spectroscopy of AGN
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• Broad-band view
• X-ray spectral components:
– Soft X-ray excess
– X-ray NLR
– X-ray warm absorber
– Fe K (broad and narrow)
• The need for higher spectral resolution/sensitivity
X-ray Grating
Spectroscopy
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Schematic Continuum SED for AGN
(hot dust)
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IR Bump
Big Blue Bump
Hard X-rayhump
Soft X-rayexcess
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Components of X-ray Emission
(Fabian, 2006, AN, 327, 943)
Reflection of coronalX-rays by cold disk
Compton upscattering ofdisk photons by hot corona
Thermal component(or something else?)
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Soft X-ray Excess
• Seyfert 1s and quasars show a soft X-ray excess below 1 keV after subtraction of = 1.7 2.2 power-law.
• Previously explained by a thermal component (e.g., low-temperature Comptonization of accretion disk photons).
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(Crummy, et al. 2006, MNRAS, 365, 1067)
XMM PN+MOS
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X-ray Grating
Spectroscopy• But the excess has a fixed “temperature” (~0.2 keV), suggesting an atomic
rather than continuum origin (Done & Nayakshin, 2007, MNRAS, 377, L59):1) Relativistically broadened (“blurred”) emission lines from accretion-disk
reflection (Crummy, et al. 2006).2) High-velocity outflows of ionized gas absorbing the 0.7 - 3 keV range (Done &
Nayakshin, 2007; Chevallier, et al. 2006, A&A, 449, 493).
(Fabian, 2006, AN, 327, 943)
1) Reflection
(Gierlinski & Done, 2004, MNRAS, 349, L7)
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2) Absorption
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Narrow X-ray Emission Lines
3) Another soft-excess contributor: narrow X-ray emission lines Need high-resolution grating spectra to see their effect:
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NGC 1068
(Kinkhabwala, et al. 2002, ApJ, 575, 732)
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• Narrow radiative recombination continua (RRC) give temperatures of 10 eV photoionization dominates over collisional ionization (Guainazzi & Bianchi, 2007, MNRAS, 374, 1290).
• In nearby Seyferts with obscured (NGC 1068) or temporarily faint (NGC 4151) central engines, the majority of the soft X-ray emission comes from an extended region roughly coincident with the NLR:
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(Ogle, et al. 2003, A&A, 849, 864)
CXO/HST Image of NGC 1068
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X-ray Grating
Spectroscopy• In addition to photoionization, photo-excitation (resonance scattering)
plays an important role in producing the observed emission lines.• Turbulence can enhance this effect and boost resonance (r) lines, relative
to intercombination (i) and forbidden lines in He-like triplets (Armentrout, et al. 2007, ApJ, astro/ph 0705.0628 - see his poster):
Size:
< 940 pc
< 0.9 pc
< 0.05
Three-Component photoionization model for NGC 4151:
• “Low” is the extended X-ray NLR.• “Medium” and “High” similar to the warm-absorber components in NGC 4151 ( Kraemer et al. 2005, ApJ, 633, 693). A significant fraction of the X-ray emission lines comes from warm absorbers.
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X-ray “Warm Absorbers”QuickTime™ and aTIFF (LZW) decompressor
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(George, et al. 1998, ApJS, 114, 73)
• ASCA detected O VII and O VIII absorption edges in ~50% of Seyferts• Seyferts with X-ray absorbers also have blueshifted UV absorption
(Crenshaw et al. 1999, ApJ, 516, 750).• Blueshifted absorption lines seen by Chandra and XMM confirm mass
outflow (Kaspi et al. 2002, ApJ, 574, 643).
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• Similar velocity coverage for X-ray absorbers and multiple UV components.
• Mass outflow rates are comparable to accretion rates (~ 0.01 M/yr ).
• Do X-ray absorbers separate into multiple narrow components, or are they more like winds?
(Gabel, et al. 2003, ApJ, 583, 178)
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Absorption Variability in X-rays
• X-ray absorption primarily from broad UV component at vr = -500 km s-1.
• Deeper absorption in 2000 due to lower ionizing flux and larger NH.
• From variability, UV constraints: absorber is at ~0.1pc with vT 2100 km s-
1 (for a specific kinematic model, see Crenshaw &Kraemer, 2007, ApJ, 659, 250).
(Kraemer et al. 2005, ApJ, 633, 693)
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NGC 4151
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Hot Absorbers?• Several studies find evidence for very highly-ionized absorbers, with
U = 10 - 100 (Risaliti et al. 2005, ApJ, 630, L129).
• These hot absorbers tend to have large columns (NH 1023 cm-2), and could dominate the mass outflow rates, depending on their locations.
NGC 1365:Fe XXV and FeXXVI K and K absorption at -5000 and -1000 km s-1
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Relativistic Outflows?
• Two broad absorption-line (BAL) quasars show outflows of highly-ionized gas with vr up to ~0.4c (Chartas, et al. 2007, AJ, 133, 1349).
• Narrow-line outflows up to ~0.2c have been claimed for a few non-BAL quasars (e.g., Pounds et al. 2006, 372, 1275), although this is more controversial (see McKernan et al. 2004, ApJ, 617, 232; Kaspi & Behar, 2006, ApJ, 636, 674).
Most of the high velocity/high ionization results are from non-grating observations.
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Fe XXV or XXVI K absorption at ~0.2, ~0.4c.
(Chartas, et al. 2002, AJ, 579, 169)
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(Pounds, et al. 2006, MNRAS, 372, 1275)
L and He absorption at 0.13 - 0.15c
PG1211+143
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Fe K Emission
(Fabian, 2006, The X-ray Universe 2005, p. 463)
• “Narrow” component seen in many AGN - “reflection” from BLR, NLR, or torus
• Broad component: fit with relativistic accretion disk model, velocity up to ~0.4c
• Rest-frame line center at 6.4 keV - consistent with emission from “cold” disk.
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Broad Fe K - Accretion Disk Models
--- Schwarzschild BH, inner radius = 6 rg
--- Kerr BH, inner radius = 1.24 rg
(Fabian, 2006, AN, 327, 943)
Ultimate goal: fit profile to get the black hole spin (a) and accretion disk inclination Ultimate goal: fit profile to get the black hole spin (a) and accretion disk inclination
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Complications
• Strong narrow Fe K contaminates the broad component.
– Grating observations are important for deconvolution.• Broad Fe K is often weak or absent (Reeves, 2003, ASP, 290, 35).
– A systematic XMM study indicates broad Fe K likely present in 75% of the Seyfert 1s studied (Nandra et al. 2006, 327, 1039).
• However, highly ionized absorption can mimic broad Fe K:– Fe L-shell absorption on the left, Fe K edge/absorption lines on the right
(Reeves et al. 2004, ApJ, 602, 648; Turner et al. 2005, ApJ, 618, 155).
– Once again, grating observations at high S/N would be helpful.
• Limited coverage at high energies makes it difficult to define the reflection component and therefore the “continuum”
– Suzaku observations are helpful.
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Suzaku Observations
• Broad Fe KBroad Fe K claimed in 6 of 7 Compton-thin Seyfert galaxies (Reeves et al. 2006, AN, 327, 1097)
MCG-6-30-15MCG-6-30-15
XIS HXD
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Transient, Narrow, and Moving
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• NGC 3516 shows transient, narrow Fe K emission (Turner et al. 2002).
• Fe K periodically moves in energy between 5.7 and 6.5 keV over ~25 ks.
– Co-rotating flare model: r = 6 17 rg, M = 1 5 x 107 M (Iwasawa et al. 2004)
• Mrk 766 also shows moving narrow lines with a period of ~165 ks (Turner et al. 2006, A&A,445, 59).
– Fe K and continuum flux are correlated, indicating reflection from accretion disk at several AU from the SMBH (Miller et al. 2006, A&A, 453, L13).
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(Turner et al. 2002, ApJ, 574, L123) (Iwasawa et al. 2004, MNRAS, 355, 1073)
NGC 3516
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The End
OR, REALLY, JUST THE BEGINNING