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American Astronomical Society, Astrophysical Journal, 1(666), p. 122-127, 2007

DOI: 10.1086/519486

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The 1-200 keV X-ray spectrum of NGC 2992 and NGC 3081

Journal article published in 2007 by V. Beckmann ORCID, N. Gehrels, and J. Tueller
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

The Seyfert 2 galaxies NGC 2992 and NGC 3081 have been observed by INTEGRAL and Swift. We report the results and a comparison of the spectrum above 10 keV based on INTEGRAL IBIS/ISGRI, Swift/BAT, and BeppoSAX/PDS. A spectrum can be extracted in the X-ray energy band ranging from 1 up to 200 keV. Although NGC 2992 shows a complex spectrum below 10 keV, the hard tail observed by various missions exhibits a slope of Γ = 2, independent of the flux level during the observation. No cut-off is detectable up to the detection limit around 200 keV. In addition, NGC 3081 is detected in the INTEGRAL and Swift observation and also shows an unbroken Γ = 1.8 spectrum up to 150 keV. These two Seyfert galaxies give further evidence that a high-energy cut-off in the hard X-ray spectra is often located at energies EC 100 keV. In NGC 2992 a constant spectral shape is observed over a hard X-ray luminosity variation by a factor of 11. This might indicate that the physical conditions of the emitting hot plasma are constant, while the amount of plasma varies, due to long-term flaring activity.