The Low-temperature Corona in ESO 511-G030 Revealed by NuSTAR and XMM-Newton
Fabian, Andrew C.; Reynolds, Christopher S.; Yu, Zhibo; Bambi, Cosimo; Tomsick, John; Jiang, Jiachen; Dauser, Thomas; Gallo, Luigi; Madsen, Kristin; Young, Andrew; Liu, Honghui; Zhang, Zuobin
China, United Kingdom, Germany, United States, Canada
Abstract
We present the results from a coordinated XMM-Newton + NuSTAR observation of the Seyfert 1 galaxy ESO 511-G030. With this joint monitoring program, we conduct a detailed variability and spectral analysis. The source remained in a low flux and very stable state throughout the observation period, although there are slight fluctuations of flux over long timescales. The broadband (0.3-78 keV) spectrum shows the presence of a power-law continuum with a soft excess below 2 keV, a relatively narrow iron Kα emission (~6.4 keV), and an obvious cutoff at high energies. We find that the soft excess can be modeled by two different possible scenarios: a warm (kT e ~ 0.19 keV) and optically thick (τ = 18-25) Comptonizing corona or a relativistic reflection from a high-density ( $\mathrm{log}[{n}_{{\rm{e}}}/{\mathrm{cm}}^{-3}]=17.1\mbox{--}18.5$ ) inner disk. All models require a low temperature (kT e ~ 13 keV) for the hot corona.