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XMM-Newton Observations of NGC 4051: Temporal Flux and Spectral Variability during Transition to the Faintest Phase in NGC 4051

机译:NMM 4051的XMM-牛顿观测:NGC 4051过渡到最薄相期间的时间通量和光谱变异性

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WereportontheresultsfromtemporalandspectralanalysesofNGC4051observedwithXMM-Newton.TheX-rayvariabilitiesinthehigher-fluxstatesarewellexplainedbythecombinationofavariable,directpowerlawandatemporallystable,absorbedcomponent.Inlow-fluxstates,however,spectralvariationsaremainlyduetofluxchangesoftheabsorbedcomponent.Furthermore,whenthesourceentersintothelowest-fluxstate,theabsorbedcomponentnolongerappears.Onepromisinginterpretationisthatpartofthecentralemissionregioniscoveredbyatemporallystablematerial,whilethesizeoftheemissionregionvariessoastoproduceafluxvariationpredominantlyindirectpower-lawcomponent.Oncetheemissionregionbecomessmallerthanthesizeoftheabsorber,however,theabsorbedfluxalsobeginstodecrease.Finally,whentheemissionregionisreducedsufficiently,boththedirectandabsorbedcomponentsdisappear(i.e.,a€?switchedoffa€?state).Inthisstate,wefoundthesignatureofthermalemission,whosetemperatureof0.8keVisinagreementwiththeaveragevalueobtainedfromstatisticalanalysesofSeyfert2galaxieswithstarburstactivity.ThiscouldsuggestthatNGC4051possessesanuclearstarburstregion.
机译:WereportontheresultsfromtemporalandspectralanalysesofNGC4051observedwithXMM-Newton.TheX-rayvariabilitiesinthehigher-fluxstatesarewellexplainedbythecombinationofavariable,directpowerlawandatemporallystable,absorbedcomponent.Inlow-fluxstates然而,spectralvariationsaremainlyduetofluxchangesoftheabsorbedcomponent.Furthermore,whenthesourceentersintothelowest-fluxstate,theabsorbedcomponentnolongerappears.Onepromisinginterpretationisthatpartofthecentralemissionregioniscoveredbyatemporallystablematerial,whilethesizeoftheemissionregionvariessoastoproduceafluxvariationpredominantlyindirectpower-lawcomponent.Oncetheemissionregionbecomessmallerthanthesizeoftheabsorber然而,theabsorbedfluxalsobeginstodecrease.Finally,whentheemissionregionisreducedsufficiently,boththedirectandabsorbedcomponentsdisappear(即,在这种状态下,我们发现了热辐射的特征,其温度为0.8 keVi,符合从Seyfert2星系进行统计分析得出的平均值第一次活动。这可能表明NGC4051拥有核爆星区。

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