A long observation of NGC 5548 by BeppoSAX: The high-energy cutoff, intrinsic spectral variability, and a truly warm absorber

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 536, Issue 2 PART 1, 2000, Pages 718-728

  Nicastro, Fabrizio ^a,b,c   Piro, Luigi ^a   De Rosa, Alessandra ^a   Feroci, Marco ^a   Grandi, Paola ^a   Fiore, Fabrizio ^c   Elvis, Martin ^b   Haardt, Francesco ^d   Kaastra, Jelle ^e   Malizia, Angela ^f   Maraschi, Laura ^g   Matt, Giorgio ^h   Perola, G Cesare ^h   Petrucci, Pierre Olivier ^g  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^f BeppoSAX Science Data Center   (Italy)

^g INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

^h ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Galaxies: individual (NGC 5548); Galaxies: Seyfert; Radiation mechanisms: thermal; X rays: galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034690826     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/308950     Document Type: Article

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