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The Broadband X-Ray Spectrum of the X-Ray-obscured Type 1 AGN 2MASX J193013.80+341049.5
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- American Astronomical Society, 2019.
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Abstract
- We present results from modeling the broadband X-ray spectrum of the Type 1 AGN 2MASX J193013.80+341049.5 using NuSTAR, Swift and archival XMM-Newton observations. We find this source to be highly X-ray obscured, with column densities exceeding 10$^{23}$ cm$^{-2}$ across all epochs of X-ray observations, spanning an 8 year period. However, the source exhibits prominent broad optical emission lines, consistent with an unobscured Type 1 AGN classification. We fit the X-ray spectra with both phenomenological reflection models and physically-motivated torus models to model the X-ray absorption. We examine the spectral energy distribution of this source and investigate some possible scenarios to explain the mismatch between X-ray and optical classifications. We compare the ratio of reddening to X-ray absorbing column density ($E_{B-V}/N_{H}$) and find that 2MASX J193013.80+341049.5 likely has a much lower dust-to-gas ratio relative to the Galactic ISM, suggesting that the Broad Line Region (BLR) itself could provide the source of extra X-ray obscuration, being composed of low-ionization, dust-free gas.<br />13 pages, 9 figures. Accepted for publication in ApJ
- Subjects :
- High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
Physics
X-ray astronomy
Active galactic nucleus
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
FOS: Physical sciences
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Torus
Astrophysics
Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
01 natural sciences
Spectral line
Interstellar medium
Space and Planetary Science
0103 physical sciences
Spectral energy distribution
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Absorption (electromagnetic radiation)
010303 astronomy & astrophysics
Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Line (formation)
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- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....594d399e4ec160ecf524471579a25549