The remarkable X-ray variability of IRAS 13224-3809 - I. The variability process
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We present a detailed X-ray timing analysis of the highly variable NLS1
galaxy, IRAS 13224-3809. The source was recently monitored for 1.5 Ms with
XMM-Newton which, combined with 500 ks archival data, makes this the best
studied NLS1 galaxy in X-rays to date. We apply standard time- and
Fourier-domain in order to understand the underlying variability process. The
source flux is not distributed lognormally, as would be expected for accreting
sources. The first non-linear rms-flux relation for any accreting source in any
waveband is found, with
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1365-2966
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European Commission (312789)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (ST/N000927/1)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (ST/N004027/1)