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Suzaku Observations of Local Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies

  • Authors: Stacy H. Teng, Sylvain Veilleux, Naohisa Anabuki, Charles D. Dermer, Luigi C. Gallo, Takao Nakagawa, Christopher S. Reynolds, D. B. Sanders, Yuichi Terashima, and Andrew S. Wilson

TENG et al. 2009 The Astrophysical Journal 691 261.

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Caption: Figure 6.

Comparison of the unfolded spectra of F05189–2524 from the 2001 March XMM-Newton (open triangles), 2001 October Chandra (open squares), 2002 January Chandra (open circles), and 2006 April Suzaku (closed squares) observations. The unfolded spectra were created using the best-fit models to each individual spectrum. Below ~ 1.3 keV, there appears to have been negligible change in flux or spectral shape between the different observations. However, above ~ 1.3 keV, the spectral change is obvious. The iron line is prominent in the Suzaku data, but is not noticeable in the other observations. The best-fit models to the spectrum changed from a scattering-dominated scenario in 2001 and 2002 to a reflection-dominated scenario in 2006. This may be an indication that the central source has faded prior to 2006 or variations in the column density.

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