Soft X-ray spectroscopy of Compton-thick Seyfert 2 galaxies with BeppoSAX
Soft X-ray spectroscopy of Compton-thick Seyfert 2 galaxies with BeppoSAX
We present an X-ray spectroscopic study of the bright Compton-thick Seyfert 2 galaxies NGC 1068 and the Circinus Galaxy, performed with BeppoSAX. Matt et al. interpreted the spectrum above 4 keV as the superposition of Compton reflection and warm plasma scattering of the nuclear radiation. When this continuum is extrapolated …