The Nuclear X-Ray Emission-line Structure in NGC 2992 Revealed by Chandra-HETGS

  • K. D. Murphy
  • , M. A. Nowak
  • , H. L. Marshall

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Abstract

We present the narrow emission-line structure revealed by a 135 ks Chandra observation of Seyfert galaxy NGC 2992, using the High Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer. The source was observed in an historically low-flux state. Using a Bayesian Block search technique, we detected neutral Si Kα and S Kα fluorescence and two additional lines that are consistent with redshifted, ionized Si emission. The latter two features are indicative of a photoionized outflow with a velocity of < ∼ km s-1. We also observed prominent, unresolved line emission at the rest energy of Fe Kα, with a 90% confidence FWHM velocity width of < 2000 km s-1 (<2800 km s-1) and equivalent width of 406-1148 eV (288-858 eV) when broad Fe Kα line emission, as detected by Suzaku, was (was not) included in the model.

Original languageEnglish
Article number120
JournalAstrophysical Journal
Volume840
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - May 10 2017

Keywords

  • galaxies: active
  • galaxies: Seyfert
  • line: profiles
  • X-rays: galaxies
  • X-rays: individual (NGC 2992)

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