AGN STORM 2: VIII. Investigating the Narrow Absorption Lines in Mrk 817 Using HST-COS Observations

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العنوان: AGN STORM 2: VIII. Investigating the Narrow Absorption Lines in Mrk 817 Using HST-COS Observations
المؤلفون: Dehghanian, Maryam, Arav, Nahum, Kriss, Gerard A., Mehdipour, Missagh, Byun, Doyee, Walker, Gwen, Sharma, Mayank, Barth, Aaron J., Bentz, Misty C., Boizelle, Benjamin D., Brotherton, Michael S., Cackett, Edward M., Bonta, Elena Dalla, De Rosa, Gisella, Ferland, Gary J., Fian, Carina, Filippenko, Alexei V., Gelbord, Jonathan, Goad, Michael R., Horne, Keith, Homayouni, Yasaman, Ilic, Dragana, Joner, Michael D., Kara, Erin A., Kaspi, Shai, Kochanek, Christopher S., Korista, Kirk T., Kosec, Peter, Kovacevic, Andjelka B., Landt, Hermine, Lewin, Collin, Partington, Ethan R., Popovic, Luka C., Proga, Daniel, Rogantini, Daniele, Siebert, Matthew R., Storchi-Bergmann, Thaisa, Vestergaard, Marianne, Waters, Timothy, Wang, Jian-Min, Zaidouni, Fatima, Zu, Ying
سنة النشر: 2024
المجموعة: Astrophysics
مصطلحات موضوعية: Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
الوصف: We observed the Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk817 during an intensive multi-wavelength reverberation mapping campaign for 16 months. Here, we examine the behavior of narrow UV absorption lines seen in HST/COS spectra, both during the campaign and in other epochs extending over 14 years. We conclude that while the narrow absorption outflow system (at -3750 km/s with FWHM=177 km/s) responds to the variations of the UV continuum as modified by the X-ray obscurer, its total column density (logNH =19.5 cm-2) did not change across all epochs. The adjusted ionization parameter (scaled with respect to the variations in the Hydrogen ionizing continuum flux) is log UH =-1.0. The outflow is located at a distance smaller than 38 parsecs from the central source, which implies a hydrogen density of nH > 3000 cm-3. The absorption outflow system only covers the continuum emission source and not the broad emission line region, which suggests that its transverse size is small (< 1e16 cm), with potential cloud geometries ranging from spherical to elongated along the line of sight.
Comment: 18 pages, 12 Figures, Accepted for publication in ApJ
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/2407.04164
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.2407.04164
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv