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What can be learnt from a highly informative X-ray occultation event in NGC 6814? A marvellous absorber
A unique X-ray occultation event in NGC 6814 during an XMM-Newton observation
in 2016 has been reported, providing useful information of the absorber and the
corona. We revisit the event with the aid of the hardness ratio (HR) - count
rate (CR) plot and comparison with two other absorption-free XMM exposures in
2009 and 2021. NGC 6814 exhibits a clear "softer-when-brighter" variation
pattern during the exposures, but the 2016 exposure significantly deviates from
the other two in the HR - CR plot. While spectral fitting does yield transient
Compton-thin absorption corresponding to the eclipse event in 2016, rather than
easing the tension between exposures in the HR - CR plot, correcting the
transient Compton-thin absorption results in new and severe deviation within
the 2016 exposure. We show that the eclipsing absorber shall be clumpy (instead
of a single Compton-thin cloud), with an inner denser region composed of both
Compton-thin and Compton-thick clouds responsible for the previously identified
occultation event, and an outer sparser region with Compton-thin clouds which
eclipses the whole 2016 exposure. With this model, all the tension in the HR -
CR plots could be naturally erased, with the observed spectral variability
during the 2016 exposure dominated by the variation of absorption. Furthermore,
the two warm absorbers (with different ionization and column densities but
similar outflowing velocities) detected in the 2016 exposure shall also
associate with the transient absorber, likely due to ablated or tidal
stretched/disrupted fragments. This work highlights the unique usefulness of
the HR - CR plot while analysing rare occultation events.Comment: 13 pages, 9 figures, accepted by MNRAS. For the video of the
eclipsing cloud, see
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CEsPEWE-b5W8PfZINyI5K1sE6klHaYMa/view?usp=sharing
. Comments are welcome
The X-ray Nature of Nucleus in Seyfert 2 Galaxy NGC 7590
We present the result of the Chandra high-resolution observation of the
Seyfert~2 galaxy NGC 7590. This object was reported to show no X-ray absorption
in the low-spatial resolution ASCA data. The XMM observations show that the
X-ray emission of NGC 7590 is dominated by an off-nuclear ultra-luminous X-ray
source (ULX) and an extended emission from the host galaxy, and the nucleus is
rather weak, likely hosting a Compton-thick AGN. Our recent Chandra observation
of NGC 7590 enables to remove the X-ray contamination from the ULX and the
extended component effectively. The nuclear source remains undetected at
~4x10^{-15} erg/s/cm^-2 flux level. Although not detected, Chandra data gives a
2--10 keV flux upper limit of ~6.1x10^{-15} erg/s/cm^-2 (at 3 sigma level), a
factor of 3 less than the XMM value, strongly supporting the Compton-thick
nature of the nucleus. In addition, we detected five off-nuclear X-ray point
sources within the galaxy D25 ellipse, all with 2 -- 10 keV luminosity above
2x10^{38} erg/s (assuming the distance of NGC 7590). Particularly, the ULX
previously identified by ROSAT data was resolved by Chandra into two distinct
X-ray sources. Our analysis highlights the importance of high spatial
resolution images in discovering and studying ULXs.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figures, RAA accepte
Methyl 3-(cyclopropylmethoxy)-4-hydroxybenzoate. Corrigendum
Corrigendum to Acta Cryst. (2010), E66, o2004
Methyl 3-(cyclopropylmethoxy)-4-hydroxybenzoate
In the title compound, C12H14O4, the dihedral angle between the benzene ring and the cyclopropyl ring is 60.3 (4)°. In the crystal structure, molecules are linked by intermolecular O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds into chains running parallel to [101]
Bis{2-[6-(1H-benzimidazol-2-yl-κN 3)-2-pyridyl-κN]benzimidazolato-κN}manganese(II)
In the title compound, [Mn(C19H12N5)2], each MnII atom lies on a position of site symmetry 222 and has a distorted octahedral coordination geometry made up from six N atoms of two tridentate 2-[6-(1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)-2-pyridyl]benzimidazolate ligands. The complex molecules are linked into layers parallel to (001) by N—H⋯N hydrogen bonds, with the H atoms disordered over four symmetry-equivalent non-coordinated N atoms
4,4,5,5-Tetramethyl-2-(4-pyridyl)imidazolidin-1-oxyl-3-oxide trichloroacetic acid solvate
In the title compound, C12H16N3O2·C2HCl3O2, the imidazolidine ring adopts a twist conformation. The crystal structure is stabilized by intermolecular O—H⋯N hydrogen bonds
4,5,6,7-Tetrachloro-2-(4-fluorophenyl)isoindoline-1,3-dione
The title compound, C14H4Cl4FNO2, has crystallographic twofold symmetry with the N and F atoms and two C atoms of the benzene ring located on a twofold rotation axis. The isoindoledione ring system is almost planar [maximum atomic deviation = 0.036 (3) Å], and is twisted with respect to the florobenzene ring, making a dihedral angle of 58.56 (16)°. Weak intermolecular C—H⋯Cl hydrogen bonding is present in the crystal structure
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