2012

A Suzaku survey of Fe K lines in Seyfert 1 AGN

Patrick, A. R., Reeves, J. N., Porquet, D. et al.

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We construct full broadband models in an analysis of Suzaku observations of nearby Seyfert 1 AGN (z<0.2) with exposures >50ks and with greater than 30000 counts in order to study their iron line profiles.

  • This results in a sample of 46 objects and 84 observations.
  • After a full modelling of the broadband Suzaku and Swift-BAT data (0.6-100 keV) we find complex warm absorption is present in 59% of the objects in this sample which has a significant bearing upon the derived Fe K region parameters.
  • Meanwhile 35% of the 46 objects require some degree of high column density partial coverer in order to fully model the hard X-ray spectrum.

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