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Broad Band X-Ray Observations of the Narrow Line X-Ray Galaxy NGC 5506
We present a detailed analysis of broad band X-ray data of the Seyfert 2
galaxy NGC5506. 2-10 keV band are detected during a 1-day ASCA observation,
while no significant change in the 2-10 keV continuum shape is found. The ASCA
spectrum consists of an absorbed power-law, a 'soft excess' below 2 keV, and an
Fe K emission line at 6.4 keV. The 'soft excess' can be well described
by either thermal emission from very low abundance material at a temperature
kT0.8 keV, or scattered/leaking flux from the primary power-law plus a
small amount of thermal emission. Analysis of ROSAT HRI data reveals that the
soft X-ray emission is extended on kpc scales in this object, and the extended
component may account for most of the soft X-ray excess observed by the ASCA.
The result suggests that in this type 2 AGN, the 'soft excess' at least partly
comes from an extended region, imposing serious problem for the model in which
the source is partially covered. Fe K profile is complex and can not be
satisfactorily modeled by a single gaussian. Models of either double gaussians,
or a narrow gaussian plus a line from a relativistic accretion disk viewed at
an inclination of about 40 provide good fits to the data. However,
the inclination of the disk can be substantially larger if there is a small
amount of excessive Fe K edge absorption. The intermediate inclinations for
NLXGs are consistent with the ideas that the inner accretion disk is aligned
with the outer obscuring torus.Comment: 8 pages, 5 postscript figures. to appear in Astrophy. J., 1999, April
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Electronic Structure of Charge- and Spin-controlled Sr_{1-(x+y)}La_{x+y}Ti_{1-x}Cr_{x}O_{3}
We present the electronic structure of
Sr_{1-(x+y)}La_{x+y}Ti_{1-x}Cr_{x}O_{3} investigated by high-resolution
photoemission spectroscopy. In the vicinity of Fermi level, it was found that
the electronic structure were composed of a Cr 3d local state with the
t_{2g}^{3} configuration and a Ti 3d itinerant state. The energy levels of
these Cr and Ti 3d states are well interpreted by the difference of the
charge-transfer energy of both ions. The spectral weight of the Cr 3d state is
completely proportional to the spin concentration x irrespective of the carrier
concentration y, indicating that the spin density can be controlled by x as
desired. In contrast, the spectral weight of the Ti 3d state is not
proportional to y, depending on the amount of Cr doping.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures. Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Let
Description of Pseudo-Newtonian Potential for the Relativistic Accretion Disk around Kerr Black Holes
We present a pseudo-Newtonian potential for accretion disk modeling around
the rotating black holes. This potential can describe the general relativistic
effects on accretion disk. As the inclusion of rotation in a proper way is very
important at an inner edge of disk the potential is derived from the Kerr
metric. This potential can reproduce all the essential properties of general
relativity within 10% error even for rapidly rotating black holes.Comment: 5 Latex pages including 1 figure. Version to appear in Astrophysical
Journal, V-581, N-1, December 10, 200
Chandra Snapshot Observations of Low-Luminosity AGNs with a Compact Radio Source
The results of Chandra snapshot observations of 11 LINERs (Low-Ionization
Nuclear Emission-line Regions), three low-luminosity Seyfert galaxies, and one
HII-LINER transition object are presented. Our sample consists of all the
objects with a flat or inverted spectrum compact radio core in the VLA survey
of 48 low-luminosity AGNs (LLAGNs) by Nagar et al. (2000). An X-ray nucleus is
detected in all galaxies except one and their X-ray luminosities are in the
range 5x10^38 to 8x10^41 erg/s. The X-ray spectra are generally steeper than
expected from thermal bremsstrahlung emission from an advection-dominated
accretion flow (ADAF). The X-ray to Halpha luminosity ratios for 11 out of 14
objects are in good agreement with the value characteristic of LLAGNs and more
luminous AGNs, and indicate that their optical emission lines are predominantly
powered by a LLAGN. For three objects, this ratio is less than expected.
Comparing with properties in other wavelengths, we find that these three
galaxies are most likely to be heavily obscured AGN. We use the ratio RX = \nu
L\nu (5 GHz)/LX, where LX is the luminosity in the 2-10 keV band, as a measure
of radio loudness. In contrast to the usual definition of radio loudness (RO =
L\nu(5 GHz)/L\nu(B)), RX can be used for heavily obscured (NH >~ 10^23 cm^-2,
AV>50 mag) nuclei. Further, with the high spatial resolution of Chandra, the
nuclear X-ray emission of LLAGNs is often easier to measure than the nuclear
optical emission. We investigate the values of RX for LLAGNs, luminous Seyfert
galaxies, quasars and radio galaxies and confirm the suggestion that a large
fraction of LLAGNs are radio loud.Comment: 15 pages, accepted for publication in Ap
Iron K-alpha Fluorescent Line Profiles from Spiral Accretion Flows in AGNs
We present 6.4 keV iron K-alpha fluorescent line profiles predicted for a
relativistic black hole accretion disk in the presence of a spiral motion in
Kerr geometry, the work extended from an earlier literature motivated by recent
magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations. The velocity field of the spiral motion,
superposed on the background Keplerian flow, results in a complicated redshift
distribution in the accretion disk. An X-ray source attributed to a localized
flaring region on the black hole symmetry axis illuminates the iron in the
disk. The emissivity form becomes very steep because of the light bending
effect from the primary X-ray source to the disk. The predicted line profile is
calculated for various spiral waves, and we found, regardless of the source
height, that: (i) a multiple-peak along with a classical double-peak structure
generally appears, (ii) such a multiple-peak can be categorized into two types,
sharp sub-peaks and periodic spiky peaks, (iii) a tightly-packed spiral wave
tends to produce more spiky multiple peaks, whereas (iv) a spiral wave with a
larger amplitude seems to generate more sharp sub-peaks, (v) the effect seems
to be less significant when the spiral wave is centrally concentrated, (vi) the
line shape may show a drastic change (forming a double-peak, triple-peak or
multiple-peak feature) as the spiral wave rotates with the disk. Our results
emphasize that around a rapidly-rotating black hole an extremely redshifted
iron line profile with a noticeable spike-like feature can be realized in the
presence of the spiral wave. Future X-ray observations, from {\it Astro-E2} for
example, will have sufficient spectral resolution for testing our spiral wave
model which exhibits unique spike-like features.Comment: 30 pages, 10 figures, submitted to ApJ, will be presented at 204th
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Pinning down the pairing symmetry of heavy-fermion compound CeIrIn 5
From the thermal transport measurements in rotating magnetic fields H, we pinned down the superconducting gap structure of CeIrIn5. Clear fourfold oscillation was observed when H is rotated within the ab-plane, while no discernible oscillation was observed within the bc-plane. In sharp contrast to previous reports, our results are most consistent with dx2-y2 symmetry, implying that the superconductivity of CeIrIn5 is mediated by antiferromagnetic spin fluctuations as well as that of CeRhIn5 and CeCoIn5. © 2009 IOP Publishing Ltd
The variable OVIII Warm Absorber in MCG-6-30-15
We present the results of a 4 day ASCA observation of the Seyfert galaxy
MCG-6-30-15, focussing on the nature of the X-ray absorption by the warm
absorber, characterizd by the K-edges of the intermediately ionized oxygen,
OVII and OVIII. We confirm that the column density of OVIII changes on a
timescale of ~s when the X-ray continuum flux decreases. The
significant anti-correlation of column density with continuum flux gives direct
evidence that the warm absorber is photoionized by the X-ray continuum. From
the timescale of the variation of the OVIII column density, we estimate that it
originates from gas within a radius of about 10^{17}\cm of the central
engine. In contrast, the depth of the OVII edge shows no response to the
continuum flux, which indicates that it originates in gas at larger radii. Our
results strongly suggest that there are two warm absorbing regions; one located
near or within the Broad Line Region, the other associated with the outer
molecular torus, scattering medium or Narrow Line Region.Comment: 8 pages (including figures) uuencoded gziped PS file. Submitted to
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