Do NLS1s have a beamed outflow? An unusual X-ray perspective for Mrk 766

Abstract

Recently, the detection of Gamma-ray emission from Narrow Line Seyfert 1s has suggested that these sources may emit beamed jets towards us. I report the results of a time-resolved spectral analysis of an XMM-Newton long observation of Mrk 766, showing that the X-ray source has been eclipsed several times by clouds with a cold, dense core, and a less dense, highly ionized tail. These clouds have blueshift velocities v > 104 km s−1 (as measured through He-like iron absorption lines), and are therefore part of a strong outflow. These results provide new important constraints on the geometry and structure of this source, and may be relevant to understand the peculiarity of NLS1s as a class of AGNs.