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Title:
Variable iron-line emission near the black hole of Markarian 766
Authors:
Miller, L.; Turner, T. J.; Reeves, J. N.; George, I. M.; Porquet, D.; Nandra, K.; Dovciak, M.
Affiliation:
AA(Dept. of Physics, University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK ), AB(Dept. of Physics, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA ; Code 662, Exploration of the Universe Division, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA), AC(Code 662, Exploration of the Universe Division, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA ; Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA), AD(Dept. of Physics, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA ; Code 662, Exploration of the Universe Division, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA), AE(Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Postfach 1312, 85741, Garching, Germany), AF(Astrophysics Group, Imperial College London, Blackett Laboratory, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AW, UK), AG(Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences, Bocní II, 141 31 Prague, Czech Republic)
Publication:
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 453, Issue 1, July I 2006, pp.L13-L16 (A&A Homepage)
Publication Date:
07/2006
Origin:
EDP Sciences
Keywords:
accretion, accretion disks, galaxies: active, X-rays: individuals: Mrk 766
DOI:
10.1051/0004-6361:20065276
Bibliographic Code:
2006A&A...453L..13M

Abstract

Aims.We investigate the link between ionised Fe X-ray line emission and continuum emission in a bright nearby AGN, Mrk 766.
Methods: .A new long (433 ks) XMM-Newton observation is analysed, together with archival data from 2000 and 2001. The contribution from ionised line emission is measured and its time variations on short (5-20 ks) timescales are correlated with the continuum emission.
Results: .The ionised line flux is found to be highly variable and to be strongly correlated with the continuum flux, demonstrating an origin for the ionised line emission that is co-located with the continuum emission. Most likely the emission is ionised reflection from the accretion disc within a few A.U. of the central black hole, and its detection marks the first time that such an origin has been identified other than by fitting to spectral line profiles. Future observations may be able to measure a time lag and hence achieve reverberation mapping of AGN at X-ray energies.

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