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Iron Line Emission from NGC1068

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2017

Katsuji Koyama
Katsuji Koyama*
Affiliation:
Department of Astrophysics, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464 JAPAN

Abstract

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X-ray emission in the 2–10 keV energy range was observed with the Ginga satellite from the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC1068. The continuum spectrum can be described by a power-law of photon index about 1.5. An intense iron line at 6.5 keV with an equivalent width of 1.3 keV was clearly noticed. The X-ray flux was about 6 × 10 −12 erg/sec/cm2 or 3 × 1041 erg/sec, assuming a distance of 22 Mpc. The observed spectrum is consistent with the scattering and reprocessing of X-rays by the gas surrounding the central engine. With this picture we estimate that the X-ray flux of the central engine is about 1043 - 1044 erg/sec, a typical value for a Seyfert 1 galaxy.

Type
Part 3: X-rays and the Central Source
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 134: Active Galactic Nuclei , 1989 , pp. 167 - 172
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1989 

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