Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509. II. Analysis of high-quality Reflection Grating Spectrometer spectra

J. S. Kaastra , C. P. de Vries , K. C. Steenbrugge , R. G. Detmers , J. Ebrero , E. Behar , S. Bianchi , E. Costantini , G. A. Kriss , M. Mehdipour , S. Paltani , P. -O. Petrucci (1) , C. Pinto , G. Ponti

1 IPAG - Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble

Aims: We study the bright Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 509 with the Reflection Grating Spectrometers (RGS) of XMM-Newton, using for the first time the RGS multi-pointing mode of XMM-Newton to constrain the properties of the outflow in this object. We obtain very accurate spectral properties from a 600 ks spectrogram of Mrk 509 with excellent quality.
Methods: We derive an accurate relative calibration for the effective area of the RGS and an accurate absolute wavelength calibration. We improve the method for adding time-dependent spectra and enhance the efficiency of the spectral fitting by two orders of magnitude.
Results: Taking advantage of the spectral data quality when using the new RGS multi-pointing mode of XMM-Newton, we show that the two velocity troughs previously observed in UV spectra are resolved.

Keywords: galaxies: active; quasars: absorption lines; X-rays: general

Domains: Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Astrophysics [astro-ph]

J. S. Kaastra, C. P. de Vries, K. C. Steenbrugge, R. G. Detmers, J. Ebrero, et al.. Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509. II. Analysis of high-quality Reflection Grating Spectrometer spectra. Astronomy and Astrophysics - A&A, 2011, 534, ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/201116870⟩. ⟨insu-03623400⟩