A Deep 0.3-10 keV Spectrum of the H${}_2$O Maser Galaxy IC 2560

Abstract

We present a new XMM-Newton spectrum of the Seyfert 2 nucleus of IC 2560, which hosts H${}_2$O maser emission from an inclined Keplerian accretion disk. The X-ray spectrum shows soft excess due to multi-temperature ionized plasma, a hard continuum and strong emission features, from Mg, Si, S, Ca, Fe and Ni, mainly due to fluorescence. It is consistent with reflection of the continuum from a mostly neutral medium and obscuration due to a high column density, $>$ 10${}^{24}$ cm${}^{-2}$. The amplitude of the reflected component may exceed 10% of the central unobscured luminosity. This is higher than the reflected fraction, of a few percent, observed in other Seyfert 2 sources like NGC 4945. We observe an emission line at 6.7 keV, possibly due to FeXXV, undetected in previous Chandra observations. The absorption column density associated with this line is less than 10${}^{23}$ cm${}^{-2}$, lower than the obscuration of the central source. We hypothesize that this highly ionized Fe line emission originates in warm gas, also responsible for a scattered component of continuum emission that may dominate the spectrum between 1 and 3 keV. We compare X-ray and maser emission characteristics of IC 2560 and other AGN that exhibit water maser emission originating in disk structures around central engines. The temperature for the region of the disk associated with maser action is consistent with the expected 400-1000K range. The clumpiness of disk structures (inferred from the maser distribution) may depend on the unobscured luminosities of the central engines.

arXiv comment33 pages, 5 tables, 7 figures, accepted by ApJ, Higher quality figures available on request

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