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Intrinsic Absorption in the Spectrum of Mrk 279: Simultaneous Chandra, FUSE, and STIS Observations | | Jennifer E. Scott
; Gerard A. Kriss
; Julia C. Lee
; Nahum Arav
; Patrick Ogle
; Kenneth Roraback
; Kimberly Weaver
; Tal Alexander
; Michael Brotherton
; Richard F. Green
; John Hutchings
; Mary Elizabeth Kaiser
; Herman Marshall
; William Oegerle
; Wei Zheng ( STScI JHU
; MIT
; Univ. Colorado
; JPL
; NASA/GSFC
; Weizmann Institute of Science
; Univ. Wyoming
; KPNO/NOAO
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13 Dec 2003 | | Subject: | astro-ph | | Affiliation: | 1,2), Julia C. Lee , Nahum Arav , Patrick Ogle , Kenneth Roraback , Kimberly Weaver (6,2), Tal Alexander , Michael Brotherton , Richard F. Green , John Hutchings (10), Mary Elizabeth Kaiser , Herman Marshall , William Oegerle , and Wei Zheng ( STScI | | Abstract: | We present a study of the intrinsic X-ray and far-ultraviolet absorption in the Seyfert 1.5 galaxy Markarian 279 using simultaneous observations from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph aboard the Hubble Space Telescope, and the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE). We also present FUSE observations made at three additional epochs. We detect the Fe K-alpha emission line in the Chandra spectrum, and its flux is consistent with the low X-ray continuum flux level of Mrk 279 at the time of the observation. Due to low signal-to-noise ratios in the Chandra spectrum, no O VII or O VIII absorption features are observable in the Chandra data, but the UV spectra reveal strong and complex absorption from HI and high-ionization species such as O VI, N V, and C IV, as well as from low-ionization species such as C III, N III, C II, and N II in some velocity components. The far-UV spectral coverage of the FUSE data provides information on high-order Lyman series absorption, which we use to calculate the optical depths and line and continuum covering fractions in the intrinsic HI absorbing gas in a self-consistent fashion. The UV continuum flux of Mrk 279 decreases by a factor of ~7.5 over the time spanning these observations and we discuss the implications of the response of the absorption features to this change. From arguments based on the velocities, profile shapes, covering fractions and variability of the UV absorption, we conclude that some of the absorption components, particularly those showing prominent low-ionization lines, are likely associated with the host galaxy of Mrk 279, and possibly with its interaction with a close companion galaxy, while the remainder arises in a nuclear outflow. | | Source: | arXiv, astro-ph/0401226 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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