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Long-term X-ray observations of seyfert 1 galaxy ark 120: on the origin of soft-excess

Author(s)
Nandi, PrantikChatterjee, ArkaChakrabarti, Sandip K.Dutta, Broja G.
Issued Date
2021-06
DOI
10.1093/mnras/stab1699
URI
https://scholarworks.unist.ac.kr/handle/201301/53854
Fulltext
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/506/3/3111/6298252
Citation
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, v.506, no.3, pp.3111 - 3127
Abstract
We present the long-term X-ray spectral and temporal analysis of a tare-type AGN' Ark 120. We consider the observations from XMM-Newton, Suzaku, Swift, and NuSTAR from 2003 to 2018. The spectral properties of this source are studied using various phenomenological and physical models present in the literature. We report (a) the variations of several physical parameters, such as the temperature and the optical depth of the electron cloud, the size of the Compton cloud, and the accretion properties for the last 15 yr. The spectral variations are explained from the changes in the accretion dynamics; (b) the X-ray time delay between 0.2-2 and 3-10 keV light-curves exhibited zero-delay in 2003, positive delay of 4.71 +/- 2.1 ks in 2013, and negative delay of 2.90 +/- 1.26 ks in 2014. The delays are explained considering Comptonization, reflection, and light-crossing time; (c) the long-term intrinsic luminosities, obtained using nthcomp, of the soft-excess and the primary continuum show a correlation with a Pearson correlation coefficient of 0.90. This indicates that the soft-excess and the primary continuum originate from the same physical process. From a physical model fitting, we infer that the soft excess for Ark 120 could be due to a small number of scatterings in the Compton cloud. Using Monte Carlo simulations, we show that indeed the spectra corresponding to fewer scatterings could provide a steeper soft-excess power law in the 0.2-3 keV range. Simulated luminosities are found to be in agreement with the observed values. We present the long-term X-ray spectral and temporal analysis of a 'bare-type AGN' Ark 120. We consider the observations from XMM-Newton, Suzaku, Swift, and NuSTAR from 2003 to 2018. The spectral properties of this source are studied using various phenomenological and physical models present in the literature. We report (a) the variations of several physical parameters, such as the temperature and the optical depth of the electron cloud, the size of the Compton cloud, and the accretion properties for the last 15 yr. The spectral variations are explained from the changes in the accretion dynamics; (b) the X-ray time delay between 0.2-2 and 3-10 keV light-curves exhibited zero-delay in 2003, positive delay of 4.71 +/- 2.1 ks in 2013, and negative delay of 2.90 +/- 1.26 ks in 2014. The delays are explained considering Comptonization, reflection, and light-crossing time; (c) the long-term intrinsic luminosities, obtained using nthcomp, of the soft-excess and the primary continuum show a correlation with a Pearson correlation coefficient of 0.90. This indicates that the soft-excess and the primary continuum originate from the same physical process. From a physical model fitting, we infer that the soft excess for Ark 120 could be due to a small number of scatterings in the Compton cloud. Using Monte Carlo simulations, we show that indeed the spectra corresponding to fewer scatterings could provide a steeper soft-excess power law in the 0.2-3 keV range. Simulated luminosities are found to be in agreement with the observed values.
Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
ISSN
0035-8711
Keyword (Author)
galaxies: activegalaxies: SeyfertX-rays: galaxiesX-rays: individual: Ark 120
Keyword
ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI2-COMPONENT ADVECTIVE FLOWISOTHERMAL ROTATING WINDSBROAD-LINE REGIONXMM-NEWTONBLACK-HOLESPECTRAL PROPERTIESACCRETION DISKSEMITTING REGIONSTANDING SHOCKS

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