Narrow Fe-K Reverberation Mapping Unveils the Deactivated Broad-line Region in a Changing-look Active Galactic Nucleus

arxiv(2023)

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"Changing-look active galactic nuclei " (CLAGNs) are known to change their apparent types between types 1 and 2, usually accompanied by a drastic change in their luminosity on timescales of years. However, it is still unclear whether materials in broad-line regions (BLRs) in CLAGNs appear and disappear during the type-transition or remain at the same location while the line production is simply activated or deactivated. Here we present our X-ray-optical monitoring results of a CLAGN, NGC 3516, by Suzaku, Swift, and ground telescopes, with our primary focus on the narrow Fe-K alpha emission line, which is an effective probe of the BLR materials. We detected significant variations of the narrow Fe-K alpha line on a timescale of tens of days during the type-2 (faint) phase in 2013-2014, and conducted "narrow Fe-K alpha reverberation mapping, " comparing its flux variation with those of the X-ray continuum from a corona and B-band continuum from an accretion disk. We derived, as a result, a time lag of 10.1-5.6+5.8
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X-ray active galactic nuclei,Active galactic nuclei,Active galaxies
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