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Title:
Seyfert Spectral Database: 10 Years Of Rxte Observations
Authors:
Mattson, Barbara; Weaver, K.; Reynolds, C.
Affiliation:
AA(NASA's GSFC), AB(NASA's GSFC), AC(UMD)
Publication:
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #212, #88.04; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 40, p.267
Publication Date:
05/2008
Origin:
AAS
Bibliographic Code:
2008AAS...212.8804M

Abstract

What does the core of an active galactic nucleus truly look like? Do all Seyfert 2s have a Seyfert 1 at their core? How does the environment of their central regions affect our view of the central engine? We explore these questions with a systematic X-ray spectral study of bright Seyfert galaxies observed by the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer (RXTE). We develop a database of spectral fits of 821 time-resolved spectra from 39 Seyfert galaxies fitted to a standard model including the effects of a power-law X-ray spectrum reprocessed and absorbed by material around the black hole. We find a complex relationship between the iron line equivalent width (EW) and the underlying power law index (&#915) in the Seyfert 1 sample, which may be caused by dilution of a disk spectrum (which includes the narrow iron line) by a beamed jet component and, hence, could be used as a diagnostic of jet-dominance. The same relationship does not hold for the Seyfert 2 sample, and may indicate that these sources show more complex environments. We also see the X-ray Baldwin effect (an anti-correlation between the 2-10 keV X-ray luminosity and EW) for the Seyfert 1 sample and Seyfert 1 sub-classifications, but not for each individual galaxy. In addition, our sample shows a strong correlation between R and Γ for all spectra in the sample, but we find that it is likely the result of a modeling degeneracy.
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