Observations of MCG-5-23-16 with Suzaku, XMM-Newton and NuSTAR: Disk Tomography and Compton Hump Reverberation
Abstract
MCG-5-23-16 is one of the first active galactic nuclei (AGNs) where relativistic reverberation in the iron K line originating in the vicinity of the supermassive black hole was found, based on a short XMM-Newton observation. In this work, we present the results from long X-ray observations using Suzaku, XMM-Newton, and NuSTAR designed to map the emission region using X-ray reverberation. A relativistic iron line is detected in the lag spectra on three different timescales, allowing the emission from different regions around the black hole to be separated. Using NuSTAR coverage of energies above 10 keV reveals a lag between these energies and the primary continuum, which is detected for the first time in an AGN. This lag is a result of the Compton reflection hump responding to changes in the primary source in a manner similar to the response of the relativistic iron K line.
Additional Information
© 2014 The American Astronomical Society. Received 2014 March 24; Accepted 2014 May 14; Published 2014 June 13. This work has been partly supported by NASA grant NNX14AF89G. The research in this article has made use of data obtained from the Suzaku satellite, a collaborative mission between the space agencies of Japan (JAXA) and the USA (NASA). We made use of data from the NuSTAR mission, a project led by the California Institute of Technology, managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Part of this work is based on observations obtained with XMM-Newton, an ESA science mission with instruments and contributions directly funded by ESA Member States and NASA.Attached Files
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- 47524
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- CaltechAUTHORS:20140728-114014890
- NNX14AF89G
- NASA
- ESA Member States
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2014-07-28Created from EPrint's datestamp field
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2021-11-10Created from EPrint's last_modified field
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- NuSTAR, Space Radiation Laboratory
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- Space Radiation Laboratory
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- 2014-50