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2014ApJ...795...87B - Astrophys. J., 795, 87 (2014/November-1)

NGC 1365: a low column density state unveiling a low ionization disk wind.

BRAITO V., REEVES J.N., GOFFORD J., NARDINI E., PORQUET D. and RISALITI G.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present the time-resolved spectral analysis of the XMM-Newton data of NGC 1365 collected during one XMM-Newton observation, which caught this "changing-look" active galactic nucleus in a high flux state characterized also by a low column density (NH∼ 1022/cm2) of the X-ray absorber. During this observation, the low-energy photoelectric cut-off is at about ∼1 keV and the primary continuum can be investigated with the XMM-Newton-RGS data, which show strong spectral variability that can be explained as a variable low NH that decreased from NH∼ 1023/cm2 to 1022/cm2 in a 100 ks timescale. The spectral analysis of the last segment of the observation revealed the presence of several absorption features that can be associated with an ionized (log ξ ∼ 2 erg cm/s) outflowing wind (vout∼ 2000 km/s). We detected for the first time a possible P-Cygni profile of the Mg XII Lyα line associated with this mildly ionized absorber indicative of a wide angle outflowing wind. We suggest that this wind is a low ionization zone of the highly ionized wind present in NGC 1365, which is responsible for the iron K absorption lines and is located within the variable X-ray absorber. At the end of the observation, we detected a strong absorption line at E ∼ 0.76 keV most likely associated with a lower ionization zone of the absorber (log ξ ∼ 0.2 erg cm/s, NH∼ 1022/cm2), which suggests that the variable absorber in NGC 1365 could be a low ionization zone of the disk wind.

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Journal keyword(s): galaxies: active - galaxies: individual: NGC 1365 - X-rays: galaxies

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