Astrophysics
[Submitted on 30 Aug 2000]
Title:Physical Diagnostics from a Narrow Fe-Kalpha Emission Line Detected by Chandra in the Seyfert 1 Galaxy NGC 5548
View PDFAbstract: We report the detection of a narrow Fe-K emission line in the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 5548 with the Chandra High-Energy Transmission Gratings. In the galaxy frame we measure a center energy of 6.40 \pm 0.03 keV, a FWHM of 4515 (+3525,-2645) km/s, and an equivalent width of 133 (+62,-54) eV. The line energy is consistent with an origin in cold, neutral matter, but ionization states up to ~Fe XVIII are not ruled out. Assuming Keplerian motion, the velocity width is consistent with the line being produced in the outer optical/UV broad-line region (BLR) at about a light-month from the central X-ray source. We cannot rule out some contribution to the Fe-K line from a putative, parsec-scale obscuring torus. The continuum intensity during the Chandra observation was a factor ~2 less than typical historical levels. If the X-ray continuum was > than a factor 2 higher in the recent past before the Chandra observation and the narrow Fe-K line intensity had not yet responded, then the predicted line equivalent width and intensity for an origin in the BLR is within the 90% measurement errors. Retroactive spectral fitting of archival ASCA data shows evidence that the narrow Fe-K has a variable intensity. It will be important to measure the non-disk component of the Fe-K line in other AGN to obtain a more complete understanding of the total Fe-K line emission. Measurement of the narrow-line parameters provides powerful diagnostics of conditions beyond the accretion disk and is necessary to properly deconvolve the broad, relativistic Fe-K line.
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