Coronal temperatures of the AGN ESO 103-035 and IGR 2124.7+5058 from NuSTAR observations
Abstract
We present measurements of the coronae of two active galactic nuclei (AGNs) from hard X-ray observations made with NuSTAR: ESO 103-035, a moderately to highly obscured source with significant reflection; and IGR 2124.7+5058, a radio-loud source with a very hard spectrum. Using an exponentially cut-off power-law model for the coronal emission spectrum gives a high-energy cut-off of 100_{-30}^{+90} keV for ESO 103-035 and 80_{-9}^{+11} keV for IGR 2124.7+5058, within the typical range for AGNs. Fitting with physical Comptonization models shows that these correspond to a temperature of 22_{-6}^{+19} and 20_{-2}^{+3} keV, respectively. These values are consistent with pair production limiting the coronal temperature.
- Publication:
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- December 2018
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1809.07346
- Bibcode:
- 2018MNRAS.481.4419B
- Keywords:
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- accretion;
- accretion discs;
- black hole physics;
- galaxies: individual: ESO 103--035;
- IGR 2124.7+5058;
- galaxies: Seyfert;
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena;
- Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
- E-Print:
- 9 pages, 7 figures, MNRAS accepted