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HST STIS Ultraviolet Spectral Evidence of Outflow in Extreme Narrow-line Seyfert 1 Galaxies: II. Modeling and Interpretation

arXiv:astro-ph/0402452 · doi:10.1086/422089

Abstract

We present modeling to explore the conditions of the broad-line emitting gas in two extreme Narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies, using the observational results described in the first paper of this series. Photoionization modeling using Cloudy was conducted for the broad, blueshifted wind lines and the narrow, symmetric, rest-wavelength-centered disk lines separately. A broad range of physical conditions were explored for the wind component, and a figure of merit was used to quantitatively evaluate the simulation results. Of the three minima in the figure-of-merit parameter space, we favor the solution characterized by an X-ray weak continuum, elevated abundances, a small column density (log(N_H)\approx 21.4), relatively high ionization parameter (log(U)\approx -1.2 - -0.2), a wide range of densities (log(n)\approx 7 - 11), and a covering fraction of ~0.15. The presence of low-ionization emission lines implies the disk component is optically thick to the continuum, and the SiIII]/CIII] ratio implies a density of 10^10 - 10^10.25 cm^-3. A low ionization parameter (log(U)=-3) is inferred for the intermediate-ionization lines, unless the continuum is ``filtered'' through the wind before illuminating the intermediate-line emitting gas, in which case log(U)=-2.1. The location of the emission regions was inferred from the photoionization modeling and a simple ``toy'' dynamical model. A large black hole mass (1.3 x 10^8 M_\odot) radiating at 11% of the Eddington luminosity is consistent with the kinematics of both the disk and wind lines, and an emission radius of ~10^4 R_S is inferred for both. We compare these results with previous work and discuss implications.

45 pages, 15 figures (4 color), accepted for publication in ApJ, abstract shortened

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