Microphysics and X-ray Spectra of AGN Outflows T. Kallman NASA/GSFC Line emission efficiency across the spectrum Thermal stability.

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Microphysics and X-ray Spectra of AGN Outflows T. Kallman NASA/GSFC Line emission efficiency across the spectrum Thermal stability

The broad-band spectrum of active galaxies ~flat over 6- 8 decades Very different from stars Most are strong X-ray sources

HST/COS spectrum of Mkn 290 (Zhang et al. 2015) UV/optical spectra are dominated by ‘broad’ and ‘narrow’ emission lines Line profiles are very smooth Lines from diverse ionization stages have very similar profiles Warm absorber lines and foreground lines are narrow, superimposed on emission

Warm absorbers can show strong variability ngc 5548 (Kaastra et al. 2014)

T. X-ray continuum spectra of AGN show a ~power law shape In the 2-10 keV band, remarkable uniformity of X-ray continuum spectra (Mushotzky et al., 1978) HEAO-1 spectra

Predicted AGN X-ray spectrum Before Chandra and XMM it was assumed that X-ray gas would resemble broad line clouds X-rays would show emission lines due to extended spherical gas with with density less than broad line clouds (Netzer 1996)

NGC3783 Canonical warm absorber Spectrum shows absorption from a wide range of ions

Warm absorbers exhibit gas over a wide range of ionization states Essentially all ion stages of oxygen are observed in HETG spectrum of Mcg

Seyfert 2 galaxies show emission associated with narrow line region (Bauer et al. 2015) NGC1068

UFOs have v~0.1c PG (Tombesi et al. 2010) If due to Fe Features are variable in time ~ 1/3 of all warm absorber sources

Relativistic iron line is observed from many AGN (Brenneman et al )

Line properties hint at relative importance of various phases of gas lineE (keV)  v (km/s)  E (keV)  E/E EW (keV)F E,line /F E,cont EW/E L  (blr) E E L  (nlr) o viii (wabs) Fe k  (narrow) Fe k  (relativistic) Fe k  (Sy2) ufo Fe XXVI The importance of a line to the global energetics depends on the quantity Approximate values for these quantities for various lines show which gas is more important to reprocessing the continuum

Does this make sense? Think about how light from the black hole is reprocessed The luminosity of a line can be written And we can use the behavior of photoionized gases. Temperature and ionization balance depends on

Typical ionization balance for photoionized model, ionized by a power law with  =2 Log(fractional abundance) The mean charge increases as Z~  

Typical ionization balance for photoionized model, ionized by a power law with  =2 Log(fractional abundance) The mean charge increases as Z~  

Typical ionization balance for photoionized model, ionized by a power law with  =2 Log(fractional abundance) The mean charge increases as Z~  

Temperature structure of photoionized model with  =2 SED incident continuum The temperature increases as T~ 

Line reprocessing efficiency depends inversely on the line energy Scaling of mass/charge of dominant line-emitting species Scaling of typical line energy with  : Scaling of thermal speed:  efficiency of reprocessing vs line energy  Assuming all the gas available is used, covering factors are the same …

How does this scaling compare with what we see? Surprising? Iron lines, warm absorber, narrow lines approximately agree Seyfert 2 line is stronger due to covering fraction >1 UFO lines are much stronger than expected

Now consider in more detail: why are some gas conditions seen, others not Suggestive of thermal instability Due to strong temperature dependence of cooling function vs. T – When (d  /dT) P,n >0 temperature can be multi-valued (Krolik McKee and Tarter 1981, Buff and McCray 1974) – Depends on assumption of thermal (and ionization) equilibrium – Instability is (much) stronger at constant pressure – Constant density gas with AGN SED is stable If so, depends on interesting things: – Shape of ionizing spectrum (SED) from IR   – Atomic rates – Abundances – Density Suggests possible diagnostic use

NGC3783 Canonical warm absorber Spectrum shows absorption from a wide range of ions

Ionization balance with new DR rates Ionization balance; new DR rates Avoided zone But some warm absorbers favor certain ionization parameters, avoid others

May answer the question:Why is the ionization distribution bimodal? But this depends on the assumption that thermal and pressure equilibrium are satisfied (Chakravorty et al., 2008) Thermal instability makes the temperature multi-valued for isobaric gas

The origin of the thermal instability: heating and cooling rates vs. T and  Red=heating rate (erg/s/cm 3 ) black=cooling rate (erg/s/cm 3 ) Curves correspond to different ionization parameters

Contours of net cooling vs. T and  /T

Is the two phase picture plausible? Consider physical conditions in warm absorbers: Outflow speeds ~ turbulent speeds ~ km/s Ionization parameter log(  )~2, 0.5 Bounds on position from variability are conflicting Equilibrium arguments suggest R~1pc density:

Heating and cooling rates Heating has contributions from Compton, photoionization: Cooling has contributions from bremsstrahlung, and from atomic bound-bound and bound-free collisional processes

Then we can estimate timescales in a warm absorber flow:  For these parameters, fast cooling requires n>10 5 cm -3  This is dicey, depends on conditions For temperatures near 10 5 K, ionization parameters near log(  )=2  t s > t flow unless T> 10 6 K.. Alfven waves could help..

Now test this for a more realistic model of the warm absorber 2.5dimensional hydro calculation of the evaporation from torus Torus is heated by  =2 power law from the black hole Warm absorber is formed as gas is evaporated and flows out (radiative driving is included) Thermodynamics of X-ray heating, radiative cooling is included Pure hydro, no mhd Synthetic spectrum is also calculated

Hydrodynamic calculation of evaporation from cold torus at 1 pc (Dorodnitsyn and K. 2008) X-rays from black hole observer

What happens to gas in the T-  /T plane in such a model.. Log(  /T)

Thermal properties and appearance of AGN gas flows are affected by Non-thermal-equilibrium effects Adiabatic cooling Details of dynamics: pressure distribution matters Simple models provide a very approximate guide for where the gas ends up – Simple models overestimate the ionization parameter – We should not be surprised to see gas in ‘unstable’ regions – Appearance varies on flow timescale  the ‘same’ model may look different when viewed in many different objects

Warm absorber questions General properties: v~10 8 cm s -1, N~10 21 cm -2 Location is uncertain; virial flow  R=2GM/v 2 ~0.01 pc M 6 v 8 2 M=  R v N m H =6 x gm s -1 R pc v 8 N 21  Compare with M accretion = L /  c 2 ~ 1 x L 44  0.1 What is  How can it be big and small at the same time? What is R? Where does warm absorber originate? – Virial R is near location of torus … evaporative flow? Emission vs absorption  correspondence but it’s complicated by nlr Ufos? What’s going on? Ionization distribution: continuous or not? Variability  size constraints

Big questions What are dynamics etc. of broad line gas? What is mdot and covering fraction of warm absorber? What are ufos and how much outflow do they represent? Do we really understand disk reflection?