X-ray timing analysis of the quasar PG 1211+143
| Autor: | Lobban, Andrew, Vaughan, Simon, Pounds, Ken, Reeves, James |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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| Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
| DOI: | 10.1093/mnras/stv2896 |
| Popis: | We report on a timing analysis of a new ~630ks XMM-Newton observation of the quasar, PG 1211+143. We find a well-defined X-ray power spectrum with a well-detected bend at ~7e-5 Hz, consistent with the established bend-timescale--black-hole-mass correlation for luminous, accreting black holes. We find the linear rms-flux relation commonly observed in accreting black hole systems and investigate the energy-dependence of the rms. The fractional rms is roughly constant with energy on short timescales (< 1 day; within observations) whereas there is enhanced soft band variability on long timescales (between observations typically spaced by a few days). Additionally, we also report on the optical--UV variability using the OM on-board XMM-Newton and a ~2-month-long overlapping monitoring programme with Swift. We find that, although there is little UV variability within observations (<1 day), UV variations of a few per cent exist on time-scales of ~days--weeks. Comment: Accepted for publication in MNRAS (14 pages, 13 figures, 4 tables) |
| Databáze: | arXiv |
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