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(abridged) Based on observations of the Seyfert nucleus in NGC1068 with ASCA, RXTE and BeppoSAX, we report the discovery of a flare (increase in flux by a factor of ~1.6) in the 6.7 keV Fe K line component between observations obtained 4 months apart, with no significant change in the other (6.21, 6.4, and 6.97 keV) Fe K_alpha line components. During this time, the continuum flux decreased by ~20%. The RXTE spectrum requires an Fe K absorption edge near 8.6 keV (Fe XXIII - XXV). The spectral data indicate that the 2-10 keV continuum emission is dominated (~2/3 of the luminosity) by reflection from a previously unidentified region of warm, ionized gas located <~ 0.2 pc from the AGN. The remaining ~1/3 of the observed X-ray emission is reflected from optically thick, neutral gas. The inferred properties of the warm reflector (WR) are: size (diameter) <~0.2 pc, gas density n >~ 10^{5.5} /cm3, ionization parameter xi approx 10^{3.5} erg cm/s, and covering fraction 0.003 (L_0/10^{43.5} erg/s)^{-1} < (Omega/4 pi) < 0.024 (L_0/10^{43.5})^{-1}, where L_0 is the intrinsic 2-10 keV X-ray luminosity of the AGN. We suggest that the WR gas is the source of the (variable) 6.7 keV Fe line emissio

Author

Colbert, Edward; Weaver, Kim; Krolik, Julian; Mulchaey, John; Mushotzky, Richard

Published

2002

Language

EN