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Ultra-fast Outflows from Active Galactic Nuclei of Seyfert I Galaxies

Ultra-fast Outflows from Active Galactic Nuclei of Seyfert I Galaxies

Lunch talk at High Energy Phenomena Seminar, Harvard-CfA, Cambridge, USA, September 2016

Ashkbiz Danehkar

September 14, 2016
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  1. Ultra-fast Outflows from
    Ultra-fast Outflows from
    Active Galactic Nuclei of
    Active Galactic Nuclei of
    Seyfert I Galaxies
    Seyfert I Galaxies
    Ashkbiz Danehkar
    Ashkbiz Danehkar
    Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
    Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
    [email protected]
    [email protected]
    September 7th, 2016 High Energy Phenomena Seminar, Phillips Auditorium, Harvard/CfA/SAO, Cambridge , MA
    In collaborations with: Julia Lee (Harvard), Mike Nowak (MIT),
    In collaborations with: Julia Lee (Harvard), Mike Nowak (MIT),
    Randall Smith (SAO), Gerard Kriss (STSI) and et al.
    Randall Smith (SAO), Gerard Kriss (STSI) and et al.

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  2. Plasma Jets
    Plasma Jets
    Large-scale
    galactic
    outflows
    Accretion disk
    Small-scale
    radiation-driven
    winds

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  3. Plasma Jets
    Plasma Jets
    Large-scale
    galactic
    outflows
    Accretion disk
    Small-scale
    radiation-driven
    winds

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  4. September 7th, 2016 High Energy Phenomena Seminar 4
    Outline

    Introduction
     Active Galactic Nuclei Unified Model
     Ionized X-ray Absorbers in AGNs of Seyfert I Galaxies

    X-ray Ionized Absorbers
     Warm Absorbers (WAs) and Ultra-fast Outflows (UFOs)

    Photoionization Modeling of Ionized Absorbers

    Absorber Density Profile

    Unification of WAs and UFOs

    UFOs from the Quasar PG 1211+143?

    Conclusion

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  5. September 7th, 2016 High Energy Phenomena Seminar 5
    Introduction
    Introduction
    AGN Unified Model (radio-loud & -quiet AGN, Seyfert I & II Galaxies)
    Beckmann & Shrader 2012,
    Active Galactic Nuclei
    Unified Models for AFNs
    Antonucci, ARA&A, 1993, 31, 473
    Unified Schemes for AGNs
    Megan Urry & Padovani, 1995, PASP, 107, 803
    Fanaroff–Riley
    class I
    Fanaroff–Riley
    class II

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  6. September 7th, 2016 High Energy Phenomena Seminar 6
    Ionized X-ray Absorbers in AGNs of Seyfert I Galaxies
    Introduction
    Introduction
    Disk
    Black-body
    Hot Corona
    Warm
    Absorbers
    K-shell Iron
    Beckmann & Shrader 2012
    Risaliti & Elvis 2004
    (bbody + powerlaw + ∑ emis) x ∏ abs

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  7. September 7th, 2016 High Energy Phenomena Seminar 7
    X-ray Ionized Absorbers
    X-ray Ionized Absorbers

    Ultra-fast Outflows (UFOs):
     hard X-ray blue-shifted absorption lines
     H-like & He-like Fe Ions
     Velocity > 10,000 km/s (0.03c)
     high velocity ~ 0.1– 0.4c
    (Pounds + 2003, Cappi 2006, Braito + 2007)
     Recently observed in 30% of
    radio-quiet and -loud AGNs
    (Tombest + 2010,2011,2012,2014)

    Warm Absorbers (WAs):
     soft X-ray blue-shifted absorption lines
     H-like & He-like O, Ne, Mg, Si, S Ions
     Velocity < 10,000 km/s (0.03c)
     Observed in 50% of Seyfert I galaxies
    (Reynold & Fabian 1995, Reynold 1997, George + 1998)

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  8. September 7th, 2016 High Energy Phenomena Seminar 8
    X-ray Ionized Absorbers
    X-ray Ionized Absorbers
    Cappi 2006

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  9. September 7th, 2016 High Energy Phenomena Seminar 9

    Very Computationally Expensive

    Required Special Technique e.g. Parallelization with MPI_XSTAR
    Photoionization Modeling of Ionized Absorbers
    Photoionization Modeling of Ionized Absorbers

    Photo-emission, Warm absorption
    XSTAR (Kallman + 1996, 2004) or CLOUDY (Ferland + 1998)
    (bbody + powerlaw + ∑ photemis) x ∏ warmabs

    Physical Conditions
     Column density (N
    H
    )
     Ionization parameter (ξ)
     Number density (n)

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  10. September 7th, 2016 High Energy Phenomena Seminar 10
    Ionization
    parameter
    Photoionization Modeling of Ionized Absorbers
    Photoionization Modeling of Ionized Absorbers
    Photoionization Code XSTAR (Kallman + 1996, 2004)
    Gas density
    Luminosity (0.0136-
    13.6 keV)
    Radius
    Column
    density
    Shell
    thicknes
    s
    Outflow
    velocity
    BH mass
    King & Pounds 2015; XMM-Newton & Suzaku (42 radio-quiet, Tombesi et al 2011; 51 AGN, Gofford et al. 2013)

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  11. September 7th, 2016 High Energy Phenomena Seminar 11
    Photoionization Modeling of Ionized Absorbers
    Photoionization Modeling of Ionized Absorbers
    NGC 4051 (six XSTAR absorbers)
    Pounds & King 2013
    Schematic view of the shocked wind model
    Pounds & King 2013

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  12. September 7th, 2016 High Energy Phenomena Seminar 12

    Absorption Measure Distribution (AMD): similar to Emission Measure Distribution (EMD)
    Absorber Density Profile
    Absorber Density Profile
    Tombesi + 2013
    n(r) ~ r -1.4 density
    profile
    Behar 2009

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  13. September 7th, 2016 High Energy Phenomena Seminar 13
    Unification of UFOs and WAs
    Unification of X-ray Ionized Absorbers
    Unification of X-ray Ionized Absorbers
    Tombesi + 2013

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  14. September 7th, 2016 High Energy Phenomena Seminar 14
    Non-Unification of UFOs and WAs
    Unification of X-ray Ionized Absorbers
    Unification of X-ray Ionized Absorbers
    Tombesi + 2013

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  15. September 7th, 2016 High Energy Phenomena Seminar 15
    XMM-Newton Observations

    UFOs v
    out
    ~ -0.08c (Pounds + 2003, Pounds & Page
    2006; Pounds + 2016)

    H- and He-like ions of C, N, O, Ne, Mg, S and
    Fe (Pounds + 2003)

    Infall redshift with 0.2c-0.4c (Reeves + 2005)

    Two-component outflows
     -0.14c
     -0.07c (Pounds 2014; Pounds et al. 2016)
    NuSTAR Observations

    No UFO (Zoghbi + 2015)
    The Quasar PG 1211+143
    The Quasar PG 1211+143
    Chandra Grating Observations

    High Energy Transmission Grating
    (HETG; PI: J.C. Lee)

    6 observations over 9 days ~ 433 ks

    H- and He-like ions of Ne, Mg, S with -
    0.06c

    H- and He-like ions of Fe with -0.07c

    Infall H- and He-like ions of Fe with
    0.12c (redshift)

    UV observations with HST

    Radio observations with VLA

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  16. September 7th, 2016 High Energy Phenomena Seminar 16
    The Quasar PG 1211+143
    The Quasar PG 1211+143
    PG 1211+143 Chandra Observations (PI J.C. Lee)
    Minimum Variability over Time:

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  17. September 7th, 2016 High Energy Phenomena Seminar 17
    The Quasar PG 1211+143
    The Quasar PG 1211+143
    PG 1211+143 Chandra Observations (PI J.C. Lee)

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  18. September 7th, 2016 High Energy Phenomena Seminar 18
    The Quasar PG 1211+143
    The Quasar PG 1211+143
    Thermal (In-)Stability of Ionized
    Absorbers:
    Danehkar +, in prepartion

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  19. September 7th, 2016 High Energy Phenomena Seminar 19
    Danehkar +, in prepartion
    The Quasar PG 1211+143
    The Quasar PG 1211+143
    Thermal (In-)Stability of Ionized
    Absorbers:

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  20. September 7th, 2016 High Energy Phenomena Seminar 20
    Summary
    Summary

    Seyfert I galaxies
     WAs: soft X-ray blue-shifted absorption lines of H-like & He-like O,
    Ne, Mg, Si, S ions with low velocity < 0.03c
     UFOs: hard X-ray blue-shifted absorption lines of H-like & He-like Fe
    ions with high velocity ~ 0.1– 0.4c

    Photoionization Code XSTAR (XSTAR Grids, xstardb)
     Physical Conditions: ionization parameters,
    column density, & gas density

    Absorber Density Profile: n(r) ~ r -1.4

    Unification of X-ray Ionized Absorbers:
    UFOs + WAs ?

    The Quasar PG 1211+143:
    multi-component absorbers with
    possible 0.06c and 0.11c ?

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  21. Thank you for your attention
    Thank you for your attention

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  22. September 7th, 2016 High Energy Phenomena Seminar 22
    The Quasar PG 1211+143
    The Quasar PG 1211+143
    Thermal (In-)Stability of Ionized
    Absorbers:
    Danehkar et al, in prepartion

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  23. September 7th, 2016 High Energy Phenomena Seminar 23
    Danehkar et al, in prepartion
    The Quasar PG 1211+143
    The Quasar PG 1211+143
    Thermal (In-)Stability of Ionized
    Absorbers:

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