2019ApJ...887..255K -
Astrophys. J., 887, 255-255 (2019/December-3)
The broadband X-ray spectrum of the X-ray-obscured Type 1 AGN 2MASX J193013.80+341049.5.
KAMRAJ N., BALOKOVIC M., BRIGHTMAN M., STERN D., HARRISON F.A., ASSEF R.J., KOSS M.J., OH K. and WALTON D.J.
Abstract (from CDS):
We present results from modeling the broadband X-ray spectrum of the Type 1 active galactic nucleus (AGN) 2MASX J193013.80+341049.5 using NuSTAR, Swift, and archival XMM-Newton observations. We find this source to be highly X-ray obscured, with column densities exceeding 1023 cm–2 across all epochs of X-ray observations, spanning an 8 yr period. However, the source exhibits prominent broad optical emission lines, consistent with an unobscured Type 1 AGN classification. We fit the X-ray spectra with both phenomenological reflection models and physically motivated torus models to model the X-ray absorption. We examine the spectral energy distribution of this source and investigate some possible scenarios to explain the mismatch between X-ray and optical classifications. We compare the ratio of reddening to X-ray absorbing column density (EB–V/NH) and find that 2MASX J193013.80+341049.5 likely has a much lower dust-to-gas ratio relative to the Galactic interstellar medium, suggesting that the broad line region itself could provide the source of extra X-ray obscuration, being composed of low-ionization, dust-free gas.
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Journal keyword(s):
Active galactic nuclei - Seyfert galaxies - X-ray astronomy
Simbad objects:
5
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