The long Suzaku observation of MCG-6-30-15

Giovanni Miniutti; Andrew C. Fabian; Jamie Crummy; Josefin Larsson; Naohisa Anabuki; Yasushi Fukazawa; Luigi C. Gallo; Yoshito Haba; Kiyoshi Hayashida; Steve Holt; Hideyo Kunieda; Alex Makowitz; Chiho Matsumoto; Masanori Ohno; James N. Reeves; Tadayuki Takahashi; Yasuo Tanaka; Yuichi Terashima; Ken'ichi Torii; Yoshihiro Ueda; Masayoshi Ushio; Shin Watanabe; Makoto Yamauchi; Tahir Yaqoob

doi:10.1143/PTPS.169.260

The long Suzaku observation of MCG-6-30-15

Giovanni Miniutti, Andrew C. Fabian, Jamie Crummy, Josefin Larsson, Naohisa Anabuki, Yasushi Fukazawa, Luigi C. Gallo, Yoshito Haba, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Steve Holt, Hideyo Kunieda, Alex Makowitz, Chiho Matsumoto, Masanori Ohno, James N. Reeves, Tadayuki Takahashi, Yasuo Tanaka, Yuichi Terashima, Ken'ichi Torii, Yoshihiro UedaMasayoshi Ushio, Shin Watanabe, Makoto Yamauchi, Tahir Yaqoob

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We report results from a long observation of MCG-6-30-15 with Suzaku. Thanks to its unprecedented sensitivity in the hard band, we could, for the first time, investigate the hard X-ray variability of the source. The variability in the HXD/PIN 14-45 keV band (dominated by a strong reflection hump) is suppressed relative to that at a few keV. This directly demonstrates that the whole reflection spectrum is much less variable than the power-law continuum. The broadband spectral variability can be decomposed into two components - a highly variable power-law and constant reflection - as previously inferred from other observations in the 2-10 keV band. The strong reflection and high iron abundance give rise to a strong broad iron line, which requires the inner disc radius to be at about 2 gravitational radii, confirming that MCG-6-30-15 most likely harbours a rapidly spinning Kerr black hole.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	260-264
Number of pages	5
Journal	Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1143/PTPS.169.260
Publication status	Published - 2007

Keywords

GALAXY MCG-6-30-15
BLACK-HOLE
IRON LINE
EMISSION
HARD
BROAD

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Miniutti, G., Fabian, A. C., Crummy, J., Larsson, J., Anabuki, N., Fukazawa, Y., Gallo, L. C., Haba, Y., Hayashida, K., Holt, S., Kunieda, H., Makowitz, A., Matsumoto, C., Ohno, M., Reeves, J. N., Takahashi, T., Tanaka, Y., Terashima, Y., Torii, K., ... Yaqoob, T. (2007). The long Suzaku observation of MCG-6-30-15. Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement, 260-264. https://doi.org/10.1143/PTPS.169.260

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