AN RXTE OBSERVATION OF MCG-6-30-15 - CONSTRAINTS ON THE IRON ABUNDANCE AND REFLECTIVE FRACTION RELATIONSHIP

Authors
LEE JC FABIAN AC IWASAWA K REYNOLDS CS BRANDT WN
Citation
Jc. Lee et al., AN RXTE OBSERVATION OF MCG-6-30-15 - CONSTRAINTS ON THE IRON ABUNDANCE AND REFLECTIVE FRACTION RELATIONSHIP, Nuclear physics. B, Proceedings supplement, 69(1-3), 1999, pp. 486-489
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Particles & Fields
Journal title
Nuclear physics. B, Proceedings supplement → ACNP
ISSN journal
09205632
Volume
69
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
486 - 489
Database
ISI
SICI code
0920-5632(1999)69:1-3<486:AROOM->2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
We report on a 50 ks observation of the bright Seyfert 1 galaxy MCG-6- 30-15 with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer. The data clearly show the broad fluorescent iron line (equivalent width similar to 242 eV for th e scenario in which the primary X-ray source is above the accretion di sk subtending an angle of 2 pi sr), and the Compton reflection continu um at higher energies. Upper limit constraints on the abundance versus reflective fraction relationship can already be placed at the 68 per cent confidence level.