Ultraviolet and X-ray variability of NGC 4051 over 45 days with XMM-Newton and Swift
Ultraviolet and X-ray variability of NGC 4051 over 45 days with XMM-Newton and Swift
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使用 XMM-Newton 和 Swift 测量 NGC 4051 45 天内的紫外线和 X 射线变化
DOI:
10.1093/mnras/sts320
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发表时间:
2012
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
Alston W
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作者:
Alston W
We analyse 15XMM–Newtonobservations of the Seyfert galaxy NGC 4051 obtained over 45 d to determine the ultraviolet (UV) light curve variability characteristics and search for correlated UV/X-ray emission. The UV light curve shows variability on all time-scales, however with lower fractional rms than the 0.2–10 keV X-rays. On days–weeks time-scales the fractional variability of the UV isFvar∼ 8 per cent, and on short (∼ hours) time-scalesFvar∼ 2 per cent. Thewithin-observationexcess variance in 4 of the 15 UV observations was found to be much higher than the remaining 11. This was caused by large systematic uncertainties in the count rate masking the intrinsic source variance. For the four ‘good’ observations we fit an unbroken power-law model to the UV power spectra with slope −2.6 ± 0.5. We compute the UV/X-ray cross-correlation function for the ‘good’ observations and find a correlation of ∼0.5 at a time lag of ∼3 ks, where the UV lags the X-rays. We also compute for the first time the UV/X-ray cross-spectrum in the range 0–28.5 ks and find a low coherence and an average time lag of ∼3 ks. Combining the 15XMM–Newtonand theSwiftobservations we compute the discrete correlation function over ±40 d but are unable to recover a significant correlation. The magnitude and direction of the lag estimate from the four ‘good’ observations indicate a scenario where ∼25 per cent of the UV variance is caused by thermal reprocessing of the incident X-ray emission.
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发表时间:
2007
期刊:
SPIE International Symposium on Fluctuations and Noise
影响因子:
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作者:
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通讯作者:
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发表时间:
2002
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.14302.x
发表时间:
2008-12
影响因子:
4.8
作者:
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DOI:
10.1142/9789812811318_0005
发表时间:
2001
期刊:
arXiv: Astrophysics
影响因子:
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作者:
S. Collin
通讯作者:
S. Collin
影响因子:
4.9
作者:
Gehrels, N;Chincarini, G;Zhang, WW
通讯作者:
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