The nature of the emission components in the quasar/NLS1 PG 1211+143

Citation
A. Janiuk et al., The nature of the emission components in the quasar/NLS1 PG 1211+143, ASTROPHYS J, 557(1), 2001, pp. 408-420
Citations number
87
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
ISSN journal
0004637X → ACNP
Volume
557
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Part
1
Pages
408 - 420
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-637X(20010810)557:1<408:TNOTEC>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
We present the study of the emission properties of the quasar PG 1211+143, which belongs to the class of narrow line Seyfert 1 galaxies. On the basis of observational data analyzed by us and collected from the literature, we study the temporal and spectral variability of the source in the optical/UV /X-ray bands, and we propose a model that explains the spectrum emitted in this broad energy range. In this model, the intrinsic emission originating in the warm skin of the accretion disk is responsible for the spectral comp onent that is dominant in the softest X-ray range. The shape of reflected s pectrum as wen as Fe K line detected in hard X-rays require the reflecting medium to be mildly ionized (xi similar to 500). We identify this reflector with the warm skin of the disk, and we show that the heating of the skin i s consistent with the classical alphaP(tot) prescription, while alphaP(gas) option is at least 2 orders of magnitude too low to provide the required h eating. We find that the mass of the central black hole is relatively small (M-BH similar to 10(7)-10(8) M.), which is consistent with the broad line region mapping results and characteristic for NLS1 class.