SUMMARY OF PROPOSAL 63025
MPI FUER EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK
GIESSENBACHSTR. 6
GARCHING
GERMANY 85748
Tel: +49-89-3299-3805 Fax: +49-89-3299-3569
Medium: 4GBDAT
Subject: AGN
WARM ABSORBERS IN IRAS1239+33, A HIGH LUMINOSITY POLARIZED SOFT X-RAY AGN
ABSTRACT
Our new, soft-X-ray-selected, dusty warm-absorber candidate IRAS12397+3333 shows a unique set of properties, linking three of the most interesting phenomena in AGN research: the FeII problem, the nature and location of warm absorbers, and the role of Unified Schemes. It is a Narrow Line Sey 1, unexpectedly dusty for its high luminosity (1E11 Lsuns). It shows high optical reddening and scattering polarization up to 7%, implying aspect-dependent views. Lack of cold absorption in its steep, rapidly-variable soft-X-ray spectrum hints at warm dusty absorbers - consistent with its complex ROSAT spectrum. With our spectropolarimetry, our proposed ASCA measurement of the probable warm absorbers, and the 0.5 - 9 keV continuum, will allow a powerful probe of parsec-scale dusty ionized gas.
CO-INVESTIGATORS
| CO-I NAME | INSTITUTE | COUNTRY |
|---|
| KAREN LEIGHLY | COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY | USA |
| BEVERLEY WILLS | UNIV. OF TEXAS | USA |
| CHICO OTANI | RIKEN | JAPAN |
| KLAUS BEUERMANN | UNI-STERNWARTE | GERMANY |
TARGETS
| TARGET NAME | PRI | RA | DEC | TIME | TC | OFF | GIS | SIS CNT | OBS |
|---|
| 1)IRAS 12397+3333 | 2 | 190.5483 | 33.2828 | 40 ks | N | N | P | 0.23000 | 1 |