NuSTAR Spectroscopy of Multi-Component X-ray Reflection from NGC 1068
NuSTAR Spectroscopy of Multi-Component X-ray Reflection from NGC 1068
We report on observations of NGC1068 with NuSTAR, which provide the best constraints to date on its $>10$~keV spectral shape. We find no strong variability over the past two decades, consistent with its Compton-thick AGN classification. The combined NuSTAR, Chandra, XMM-Newton, and Swift-BAT spectral dataset offers new insights into the complex reflected emission. The critical combination of the high signal-to-noise NuSTAR data and a spatial decomposition with Chandra allow us to break several model degeneracies and greatly aid physical interpretation. When modeled as a monolithic (i.e., a single N_H) reflector, none of the common Compton-reflection models are able to match the neutral fluorescence lines and broad spectral shape of the Compton reflection. A multi-component reflector with three distinct column densities (e.g., N_H~1.5e23, 5e24, and 1e25 cm^{-2}) provides a more reasonable fit to the spectral lines and Compton hump, with near-solar Fe abundances. In this model, the higher N_H components provide the bulk of the Compton hump flux while the lower N_H component produces much of the line emission, effectively decoupling two key features of Compton reflection. We note that ~30% of the neutral Fe Kalpha line flux arises from >2" (~140 pc), implying that a significant fraction of the <10 keV reflected component arises from regions well outside of a parsec-scale torus. These results likely have ramifications for the interpretation of poorer signal-to-noise observations and/or more distant objects [Abridged].
Franz E. Bauer、Fiona A. Harrison、Charles J. Hailey、Steve E. Boggs、Ezequiel Treister、Andrea Comastri、Jane R. Rigby、William W. Zhang、William N. Brandt、Ryan Hickox、Simonetta Puccetti、William W. Craig、Cristian Saez、Daniel Stern、Bin Luo、David M. Alexander、Dominic J. Walton、Michael J. Koss、Elizabeth Rivers、Mislav Balokovic、Poshak Gandhi、Patricia Arevalo、Finn E. Christensen、Murray Brightman、Giorgio Matt、Agnese Del Moro、C. Megan Urry、Craig B. Markwardt、Andrea Marinucci
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Franz E. Bauer,Fiona A. Harrison,Charles J. Hailey,Steve E. Boggs,Ezequiel Treister,Andrea Comastri,Jane R. Rigby,William W. Zhang,William N. Brandt,Ryan Hickox,Simonetta Puccetti,William W. Craig,Cristian Saez,Daniel Stern,Bin Luo,David M. Alexander,Dominic J. Walton,Michael J. Koss,Elizabeth Rivers,Mislav Balokovic,Poshak Gandhi,Patricia Arevalo,Finn E. Christensen,Murray Brightman,Giorgio Matt,Agnese Del Moro,C. Megan Urry,Craig B. Markwardt,Andrea Marinucci.NuSTAR Spectroscopy of Multi-Component X-ray Reflection from NGC 1068[EB/OL].(2014-11-03)[2025-07-02].https://arxiv.org/abs/1411.0670.点此复制
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