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Spatially resolved X-ray spectra of NGC 4258 | | Y. Yang
; B. Li
; A. S. Wilson
; C. S. Reynolds
; | | Date: |
19 Jan 2007 | | Abstract: | We report a spatially resolved, X-ray spectral analysis of NGC 4258 using archival {it Chandra} and {it XMM-Newton} observations. The {it XMM-Newton} spectra of the nuclear region are well described by two power-law components, a soft (0.57 keV) thermal component, and an Fe K$alpha$ line with EW = 40 $pm$ 33 eV. The properties of the second, weaker power-law component are similar to those of an off-nuclear source $2.5arcsec$ SW of the nucleus. The spectrum of the extended emission of the entire galaxy is well described by two thermal components (MEKAL) models with temperatures $simeq 0.60$ and 0.22 keV. The {it Chandra} and {it XMM-Newton} spectra along the anomalous arms show that the absorbing column density to the SE anomalous arm is consistent with absorption by gas in our Galaxy, while the absorbing column to the NW anomalous arm is higher, indicating that the NW arm is partially on the far side of the galactic disk. The combined {it Chandra} data clearly detect the X-ray emission from the hot spots at the end of the approximately N-S radio jets. By assuming the hot spots represent shocked thermal gas at the ends of the jets, we estimate shock powers of $simeq 3 imes 10^{39} f^{-1/2}$ ergps ($f $ is the filling factor), similar to the radiative power in the inner anomalous arms, consistent with the notion that the jets could be responsible for heating the gas in the anomalous arms. | | Source: | arXiv, astro-ph/0701569 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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