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TESTING RELATIVISTIC REFLECTION AND RESOLVING OUTFLOWS IN PG 1211+143 WITH XMM-NEWTON AND NuSTAR
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posted on 2019-07-30, 14:30 authored by A. P. Lobban, K. Pounds, S. Vaughan, J. N. ReevesWe analyze the broad-band X-ray spectrum (0.3–50 keV) of the luminous Seyfert 1/quasar PG 1211+143—the archetypal source for high-velocity X-ray outflows—using near-simultaneous XMM-Newton and NuSTAR observations. We compare pure relativistic reflection models with a model including the strong imprint of photoionized emission and absorption from a high-velocity wind, finding a spectral fit that extrapolates well over the higher photon energies covered by NuSTAR. Inclusion of the high signal-to-noise ratio XMM-Newton spectrum provides much tighter constraints on the model parameters, with a much harder photon index/lower reflection fraction compared to that from the NuSTAR data alone. We show that pure relativistic reflection models are not able to account for the spectral complexity of PG 1211+143 and that wind absorption models are strongly required to match the data in both the soft X-ray and Fe K spectral regions. In confirming the significance of previously reported ionized absorption features, the new analysis provides a further demonstration of the power of combining the high throughput and resolution of long-look XMM-Newton observations with the unprecedented spectral coverage of NuSTAR.
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This research has made use of the NASA Astronomical Data System (ADS), the NASA Extragalactic Database (NED) and is based on observations obtained with XMM-Newton, an ESA science mission with instruments and contributions directly funded by ESA Member States and NASA, and the NuSTAR mission, a project led by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). APL and SV acknowledge support from STFC consolidated grant ST/K001000/1 and JNR acknowledges financial support via NASA grant NNX15AF12G. We thank an anonymous referee for highly constructive comments which helped improve the clarity of the paper. Facilities: XMM-Newton (EPIC), NuSTAR.
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The Astrophysical Journal, 2016, 831 (2), pp. 201-201Author affiliation
/Organisation/COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING/Department of Physics and AstronomyVersion
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American Astronomical Society, IOP Publishingeissn
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2016-09-05Copyright date
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2019-07-30Publisher DOI
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https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/0004-637X/831/2/201Language
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