Discovery of Short-Timescale Variability of Seyfert 2 Galaxy NGC 6300 withXMM-Newton

Autor: Kiyoshi Hayashida, Dirk Grupe, Chiho Matsumoto, Hisamitsu Awaki, Karen M. Leighly, Hirokatsu Murakami
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement. 155:311-312
ISSN: 0375-9687
DOI: 10.1143/ptps.155.311
Popis: We found short time variability (Δt ∼ 1 ks) of NGC 6300 in the 2-10 keV band with XMM-Newton. Its normalized power spectral density can be expressed by a power-law function of frequency with a slope of ∼ -1.7. These results are similar to those of Seyfert 1 galaxies. Using the relation between time variability and central black hole mass, we estimate the black hole mass of about 3×10 5 M. The time variability analysis suggests that NGC 6300 actually has a Seyfert 1 nucleus obscured by a thick matter.
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