1. RXTE observations of AGN
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Rothschild, R. E, Heindl, W. A, Blanco, P. R, Gruber, D. E, Marsden, D. C, Pelling, M. R, Jahoda, K, Madejski, G, Swank, J. H, Zdziarski, A. A, Gierlinski, M, and Hink, P. L
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Astronomy - Abstract
The Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) observed three active galaxies during its in-orbit verification phase: NGC 4151; NGC 4945, and MCG 8-11-11. All three were detected from 2 keV to more than 100 keV by a combination of the proportional counter array (PCA) and the high energy X-ray timing experiment (HEXTE). The PCA contains five, xenon/methane, multilayer, multiwire, gas proportional counters covering the 2 to 60 keV range, while HEXTE is an array of eight NaI/CsI phoswich scintillation counters covering the 15 to 250 keV range. The three active galaxies represent the classes of Seyfert 1, Seyfert 2 and intermediate Seyfert galaxies. The results of the fitting of various models containing partial covering fractions, Compton reflection components and high energy spectral breaks are discussed.
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- 1997