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2005MNRAS.357..599B - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 357, 599-607 (2005/February-3)

Fexxv and Fexxvi lines from low-velocity, photoionized gas in the X-ray spectra of active galactic nuclei.

BIANCHI S., MATT G., NICASTRO F., PORQUET D. and DUBAU J.

Abstract (from CDS):

We have calculated the equivalent widths of the absorption lines produced by Fexxv and Fexxvi in a Compton-thin, low-velocity photoionized material illuminated by the nuclear continuum in active galactic nuclei. The results, plotted against the ionization parameter and the column density of the gas, are a complement to those presented by Bianchi & Matt for the emission lines from the same ionic species. As an extension to the work by Bianchi & Matt, we also present a qualitative discussion on the different contributions to the He-like iron emission line complex in the regimes where recombination or resonant scattering dominates, providing a useful diagnostic tool to measure the column density of the gas. Future high-resolution missions (e.g. Astro-E2) will allow us to fully take advantage of these plasma diagnostics. In the meantime, we compare our results with an up-to-date list of Compton-thick and unobscured (at least at the iron line energy) Seyfert galaxies with emission and/or absorption lines from H- and He-like iron observed with Chandra and XMM-Newton.

Abstract Copyright: 2005 RAS

Journal keyword(s): line: formation - galaxies: Seyfert - X-rays: galaxies

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