We report on the first detection above similar to 10 keV of the archetypal Compton-thick Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 1068. This detection, obtained with the PDS instrument onboard BeppoSAX in the 20-100 keV range, confirms the hardness of the X-ray spectrum above a few keV (as indicated by ASCA observations) and supports models envisaging a mixture of both neutral and ionized reflections of an otherwise invisible nuclear continuum, the neutral reflection component being the dominant one in hard X-rays.

Matt, G., Guainazzi, M., Frontera, F., Bassani, L., Brandt, W.n., Fabian, A.c., et al. (1997). Hard X-ray detection of NGC 1068 with BeppoSAX RID C-5880-2009. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 325(2), L13-L16.

Hard X-ray detection of NGC 1068 with BeppoSAX RID C-5880-2009

MATT, Giorgio;
1997-01-01

Abstract

We report on the first detection above similar to 10 keV of the archetypal Compton-thick Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 1068. This detection, obtained with the PDS instrument onboard BeppoSAX in the 20-100 keV range, confirms the hardness of the X-ray spectrum above a few keV (as indicated by ASCA observations) and supports models envisaging a mixture of both neutral and ionized reflections of an otherwise invisible nuclear continuum, the neutral reflection component being the dominant one in hard X-rays.
1997
Matt, G., Guainazzi, M., Frontera, F., Bassani, L., Brandt, W.n., Fabian, A.c., et al. (1997). Hard X-ray detection of NGC 1068 with BeppoSAX RID C-5880-2009. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 325(2), L13-L16.
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