0 the Unique Rapid Variabilities of the Iron K Α Line Profiles in Ngc 4151

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  • Jun - Xian Wang
  • Ting - Gui Wang
  • You - Yuan Zhou
چکیده

We present a detailed analysis of the iron Kα line variabilities in NGC 4151 by using long ASCA observation data obtained in May 1995. Despite the relatively small amplitude variations in the continuum flux, the iron Kα line flux and profile show dramatic variations. Particularly, the line profile changes from single peak to seeming double peaks and back in time scales of a few 10 4 sec. The seemingly double-peaked profiles can be well interpreted as line emission from a Keplerian ring around a massive black hole. An absorption line at around 5.9 keV is also marginnaly detected. We discussed current Fe K line models, but none of them can well explain the observed line and continuum variations.

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تاریخ انتشار 2000