Discovery of the Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 galaxy Mkn 335 in an historical low X-ray flux state.pdf

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Discovery of the Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 galaxy Mkn 335 in an historical low X-ray flux state.pdf

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Discovery of the Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 galaxy Mkn 335 in an historical low X-ray flux state

a r X i v : 0 7 0 9 .0 7 3 3 v 2 [ a s t r o - p h ] 7 S e p 2 0 0 7 Discovery of the Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 galaxy Mkn 335 in an historical low X-ray flux state Dirk Grupe1 grupe@astro.psu.edu , Stefanie Komossa2, Luigi C. Gallo3 ABSTRACT We report the discovery of the Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 galaxy Mkn 335 in an extremely low X-ray state. A comparison of Swift observations obtained in May and June/July 2007 with all previous X-ray observations between 1971 to 2006 show the AGN to have diminished in flux by a factor of more than 30, the lowest X-ray flux Mkn 335 has ever been observed in. The Swift observations show an extremely hard X-ray spectrum at energies above 2 keV. Possible interpretations include partial covering absorption or X-ray reflection from the disk. In this letter we consider the partial covering interpretation. The Swift observations can be well fit by a strong partial covering absorber with varying absorption column density (NH = 1 ? 4 × 10 23 cm?2) and a covering fraction fc=0.9 - 1. When corrected for intrinsic absorption, the X-ray flux of Mkn 335 varies by only factors of 4-6. In the UV Mkn 335 shows variability in the order of 0.2 mag. We discuss the similarity of Mkn 335 with the highly variable NLS1 WPVS007, and speculate about a possible link between NLS1 galaxies and broad-absorption line quasars. Subject headings: galaxies: active, galaxies: individual (Mkn 335), galaxies: Seyferts, X-rays: galaxies 1. Introduction Since the mid 1980s Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1s; Osterbrock Pogge 1985) have become a field of extensive study in AGN sci- ence. NLS1s are crucial for our understanding of the AGN phenomenon, because they are most likely AGN at an early stage (e.g. Grupe 2004). They possess relatively low-mass black holes and high Eddington ratios L/LEdd. NLS1s are char- acterized by extreme properties, such as steep soft and hard X-ray spectra, strong X-ray vari- ability, and strong optical Fe II emission (e.g. Boller et al.