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A VO-based solution to the origin of soft X-ray emission in obscured AGN

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2006

Matteo Guainazzi ,
I. Barbarisi ,
Stefano Bianchi ,
Miguel Cerviño ,
Pedro Osuna  and
Jesus Salgado
Matteo Guainazzi
Affiliation:
ESA European Space Astronomy Center, Madrid, Spain email: [email protected]
I. Barbarisi
Affiliation:
ESA European Space Astronomy Center, Madrid, Spain email: [email protected]
Stefano Bianchi
Affiliation:
ESA European Space Astronomy Center, Madrid, Spain email: [email protected]
Miguel Cerviño
Affiliation:
Istituto de Astrofísica de Andalucia, Granada, Spain
Pedro Osuna
Affiliation:
ESA European Space Astronomy Center, Madrid, Spain email: [email protected]
Jesus Salgado
Affiliation:
ESA European Space Astronomy Center, Madrid, Spain email: [email protected]
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Recent high-resolution imaging observations with Chandra have unveiled a striking similarity between the Narrow Line Region (NLR) and the diffuse soft (0.1-keV) emission-line dominated X-ray morphologies in a number of obscured Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) on scales as large as 0.1-2kpc (Bianchi et al., 2006, A&, 448, 499). This discovery suggests a strong link between these components, which points toward a common physical origin. AGN photo-ionization is a natural explanation, consistent with soft X-ray high-resolution spectroscopy (Guainazzi & Bianchi, 2006, submitted). However, the possibility that the bulk of this component is generated by ‘local’ photo-ionization induced by shocks in the interaction between a radio jet and the interstellar matter, or by mechanical heating in regions of intense star formation cannot be ruled out yet.

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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2 , Highlights of Astronomy 14: Highlights of Astronomy , August 2006 , pp. 582
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