IRON K-ALPHA EVIDENCE FOR 2 X-RAY REPROCESSORS IN MCG-5-23-16

We report a remarkable Fe K alpha fluorescence line profile in the Sey fert 1.9 galaxy MCG -5-23-16. The line is complex, consisting of a nar row core located at the galaxy's systemic velocity and wings to the re d and blue sides of the core. This represents only the second detectio n with ASCA of an Fe K alpha line profile with significant broadening blueward of 6.4 keV, consistent with Doppler boosting. The line core h as an EW of similar to 60 eV and the wings have a combined EW of simil ar to 200 eV. The entire profile cannot be easily modeled with an emis sion line predicted from standard accretion disk theories. Instead, th e line is marginally triple-peaked and is best described with three Ga ussians having rest energies of 5.37(-0.19)(+0.23) keV (FWHM = 30,200 km s(-1)), 6.37 +/- 0.04 keV (FWHM < 6,600 km s(-1)), and 6.58(-0.38)( +0.35) keV (FWHM = 75,300 km s(-1)). The line can also be modeled with a narrow Gaussian at similar to 6.4 keV and an emission line from an accretion disk viewed at an inclination angle of similar to 30 degrees to 65 degrees, depending on the ionization state of the gas. Within t he context of the unified model, the most likely physical description of the complex profile is a superposition of an emission line from an accretion disk and a line that arises far from the disk in either the obscuring torus or the broad line region. This represents the first st rong evidence for emission from two distinct X-ray reprocessors within a single Seyfert 1-type galaxy.