Detection of Hard X-Rays from the Compton-Thick Seyfert 2 Galaxy NGC 2273 with Suzaku

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dc.creatorAwaki, H.
dc.creatorTerashima, Y.
dc.creatorHigaki, Y.
dc.creatorFukazawa, Y.
dc.date2008-10-25
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:13:14Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T10:13:14Z
dc.descriptionWe have obtained a broad-band spectrum of the Compton-thick Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 2273 with Suzaku. The spectrum reveals the first detection of hard X-rays above ~10 keV from NGC 2273. The broad-band spectrum is well represented by a three-component model, accompanied by both a strong iron Ka line with an equivalent width of ~ 1.8 keV and several weak lines. The three-component model consists of a soft component, a reflection component from cold matter, and an absorbed power-law component. The soft component can be represented by thin thermal emission with kT~0.56 keV or by a scattered component with a scattering fraction of 0.4%. Fixing the photon indices of the power law and reflection components at 1.9, we found that the power law component, heavily absorbed by gas with a column density of ~1.5x10^24 cm^-2, has an intrinsic 2-10 keV luminosity of ~1.7x10^42 erg/s. We also apply a reflection model based on a Monte Carlo simulation, assuming a simple torus geometry. We found that the model fits the broad band spectrum well, and we place some tentative constraints on the geometry of the putative torus in NGC2273.
dc.description18 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in PASJ (Suzaku special issue)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0810.4570
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0810.4570
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/172458
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleDetection of Hard X-Rays from the Compton-Thick Seyfert 2 Galaxy NGC 2273 with Suzaku
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