Search for narrow energy-shifted lines in XMM-Newton AGN spectra

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dc.creatorLonginotti, A. L.
dc.creatorBianchi, S.
dc.creatorGuainazzi, M.
dc.creatorRoa-Llamazares, J.
dc.creatorSantos-Lleo, M.
dc.date2006-12-12
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:36:41Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T10:36:41Z
dc.descriptionThe detection of X-ray narrow spectral features in the 5-7 keV band is becoming increasingly more common in AGN observations, thanks to the capabilities of current X-ray satellites. Such lines, both in emission and in absorption, are mostly interpreted as arising from Iron atoms. When observed with some displacement from their rest frame position, these lines carry the potential to study the motion of circumnuclear gas in AGN, providing a diagnostic of the effects of the gravitational field of the central black hole. These narrow features have been often found with marginal statistical significance. We are carrying on a systematic search for narrow features using spectra of bright type 1 AGNs available in the XMM-Newton archive. The aim of this work is to characterise the occurrence of the narrow features phenomenon on a large sample of objects and to estimate the significance of the features through Monte Carlo simulations. The project and preliminary results are presented.
dc.description6 pages,4 figures, contributed talk presented at the Workshop "The multicoloured landscape of compact objects and their explosive origin", Cefalu' (Sicily), 11-24 June 2006, to be published by AIP
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0612317
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0612317
dc.identifierAIPConf.Proc.924:795-800,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1063/1.2774944
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/180139
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleSearch for narrow energy-shifted lines in XMM-Newton AGN spectra
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