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Observation of a Solar-like Magnetic Reconnection Event in an AGN Corona with XRISM

  • Authors: Gal Vardi, Ehud Behar, Liyi Gu, Jelle Kaastra, Matteo Guainazzi, Missagh Mehdipour, Keigo Fukumura, Jon Miller, Ari Laor, Erin Kara, Megan E. Eckart, Misaki Mizumoto, Christos Panagiotou, Chen Li, Ogawa Shoji, Matilde Signorini, Keqin Zhao

Gal Vardi et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1007 .

  • Provider: AAS Journals

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Hard X-ray (black) and UV (violet) LCs during the NGC 3783 flare observed by XRISM/Xtend and the XMM-Newton Optical Monitor (UVW1, UVW2, and UVM1 filters combined). The UV flare lags behind the hard X-ray one by ∼60 ks, although UV uncertainties impede an accurate estimate. Such a lag implies the UV-emitting region is ∼400 Rg from the reconnection event. The gradual rise of the UV flare can represent the size of the UV-emitting region of ∼180–360 Rg.

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