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arxiv:2303.00782

Discovery of Extended Fe Kα Complex X-ray Emission in NGC 5728: Ultra-Fast Outflows at Kiloparsec Scales?

Published on Mar 1, 2023
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Abstract

We present Chandra ACIS imaging spectroscopy results for the extended (1.5"-8") hard X-ray emission of the Compton thick (CT) Seyfert NGC 5728. We find spectrally and spatially-resolved features in the Fe Kalpha complex (5.0-7.5 keV), redward and blueward of the neutral 6.4 keV line in the extended bicone. The [red, blue] features have [6.5sigma, 5.3sigma] significance, with an equivalent width = [2.0 keV, 2.5 keV], much higher than in the nuclear spectrum. These energies imply line-of-sight velocities of ~19,000-42,000 km s^{-1} for the red wing, and ~ -28,000 km s^{-1} for the blue wing, if the emission is due to neutral Fe Kalpha. These red and blue wings are radially extended ~6"(1.2 kpc), and ~5"(1 kpc), respectively, as confirmed by narrow-band X-ray imaging. Our models discard the possibility that the red wing could arise from a Compton shoulder, and show that the flux in the blue wing is unlikely to arise (at ~3sigma significance) from a blend of Fe Kbeta and highly ionized Fe lines.

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