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The emergence of X-ray emission lines during relativistic radio-jet formation in the changing-look active galactic nucleus 1ES 1927+654

Dev R. Sadaula , Sibasish Laha , Eileen T. Meyer , Onic I. Shuvo , Main Pal , Ritesh Ghosh , Matteo Guainazzi , Fabio Pacucci
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Stefano Bianchi Luigi Gallo Rostom Mbarek Amelia M. Hankla Fabio La Franca Tahir Yaqoob Megan Masterson Erin Kara Missagh Mehdipour Claudio Ricci Javier A Garcia Timothy R. Kallman Ralf Ballhausen Mitchell C. Begelman Alexander Philippov Suvendu Rakshit Francesca Panessa Ehud Behar S. Bradley Cenko Federica Ricci Ilaria Villani James N. Reeves
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X-ray lines emerge as a radio jet forms in a changing-look galaxy

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This paper reports that the active galactic nucleus 1ES 1927+654 has developed new X-ray emission features — soft lines near 0.56 keV and 1 keV, and a broad iron K emission feature near 6–7 keV — during the same period (2022–2025) in which a relativistic radio jet formed and ionized gas outflows (warm absorbers) weakened. The source, which underwent a dramatic changing-look transition in 2017, had been historically featureless in X-rays. The authors interpret the simultaneous emergence of emission lines, decline of absorbing gas, rise of soft X-ray and radio flux, and plateauing of both as evidence for a transition in the inner accretion flow: material that was previously expelled as winds is now being channeled into a jet, and the reprocessing geometry of the inner disk has changed. The broad iron line, detected for the first time in stacked spectra and confirmed via Monte Carlo simulation at greater than 99.9% significance, is suggestive of reflection off highly ionized inner-disk material. The authors are careful to note that current signal-to-noise precludes self-consistent reflection modeling and that the phenomenological Gaussian fitting is indicative rather than definitive.

Core claim

The central finding is a temporal coincidence: X-ray emission lines appear, ionized absorbers weaken, and a radio jet forms, all within the same three-year window in a single object. The authors argue this coincidence reflects a physical transition from a wind-dominated to a jet-dominated outflow state. The broad Fe K feature (sigma approximately 800 eV, centroid near 6.7–7.0 keV when fit with the preferred width) is the first detection of its kind in this source and, combined with the soft lines, points to reprocessing of X-rays in the inner accretion disk during jet formation. The soft X-ray and 5 GHz radio fluxes have both risen dramatically (by factors of roughly 10 and 60 respectively),

What carries the argument

The key objects are (1) warm absorbers — ionized gas along the line of sight that imprints blue-shifted absorption features in soft X-rays, modeled with the warmabs photoionization code; (2) Gaussian emission lines at approximately 0.56 keV (attributed to O VII transitions), approximately 1 keV (broad, possibly from inner-disk reflection), and 6–7 keV (broad Fe K, suggestive of Fe XXV/XXVI); (3) the changing-look AGN 1ES 1927+654 itself, which has undergone a corona destruction/rebuilding event and now hosts a nascent radio jet; and (4) the anti-correlation between warm absorber column density and jet activity, which the authors use to argue for a mode transition in the outflow.

If this is right

  • If the wind-to-jet transition interpretation is correct, changing-look AGN that form jets should systematically show declining ionized absorbers, providing a observable diagnostic for accretion-mode transitions in individual objects.
  • The broad Fe K line, if confirmed with higher-resolution spectroscopy, would place reflecting material at the innermost disk, constraining the inner radius and ionization state of the accretion flow during jet launch.
  • The simultaneous plateauing of soft X-ray and radio flux suggests a coupling between the jet base and the soft X-ray emitting region, which could be tested with coordinated X-ray/radio timing campaigns.
  • The persistent X-ray QPO in this source, now plateaued near 2.5 mHz alongside the flux plateaus, may indicate a stable geometric configuration of the inner disk, corona, and jet that can be modeled as a single dynamical system.

Load-bearing premise

The claim that the soft X-ray residuals are better described by emission lines than by warm absorbers rests on a model comparison where two Gaussians yield a larger fit improvement than a warm absorber component. The broad Fe K line width is frozen at 0.8 keV because it cannot be constrained simultaneously with the line energy, and the line centroid shifts depending on the chosen width. The physical interpretation as disk reflection depends on this frozen parameter, and the信号

What would settle it

If higher signal-to-noise observations (e.g., with XRISM or NuSTAR) fail to confirm the broad Fe K feature as a genuine reflection component — for instance, if the residual at 6–7 keV dissolves into continuum shape changes or instrumental artifacts — the disk-reflection interpretation would be undermined. Similarly, if future monitoring shows warm absorbers returning to their 2022 strength without the jet disappearing, the wind-to-jet mode transition picture would be weakened.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2607.05246 by Alexander Philippov, Amelia M. Hankla, Claudio Ricci, Dev R. Sadaula, Ehud Behar, Eileen T. Meyer, Erin Kara, Fabio La Franca, Fabio Pacucci, Federica Ricci, Francesca Panessa, Ilaria Villani, James N. Reeves, Javier A Garcia, Luigi Gallo, Main Pal, Matteo Guainazzi, Megan Masterson, Missagh Mehdipour, Mitchell C. Begelman, Onic I. Shuvo, Ralf Ballhausen, Ritesh Ghosh, Rostom Mbarek, S. Bradley Cenko, Sibasish Laha, Stefano Bianchi, Suvendu Rakshit, Tahir Yaqoob, Timothy R. Kallman.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: Optical spectrum of 1ES 1927+654 obtained with TNG/DOLORES on September 11, 2023, during our observational campaign following the soft X-ray rise and radio outburst. The broad-line region (BLR) component is clearly absent. The observed spectrum is shown in black. Gray dotted lines indicate the positions of typical AGN emission lines and host galaxy absorption lines. See [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p… view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: The light curves for 1ES 1927+654 in different wavelength bands from May 2022 to August 2025. The reference date is 2017-12-23, when the UV/optical burst was initially reported by Trakhtenbrot et al. (2019). The first and second panels are (2 − 10) keV and (0.3 − 2) keV Swift XRT data light curves, respectively. The third panel is the hardness ratio (F(2−10) keV/F(0.3−2) keV), the fourth panel is the Swift… view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: Simultaneous spectral fitting of the XMM-Newton EPIC-pn (black), RGS1 (red), and RGS2 (blue) data for the July 26, 2022 observation. The top panel shows the observed spectrum along with the best-fit model, while the lower four panels display the residuals (∆χ) for different spectral models applied sequentially. From top to bottom, the models are: (1) the baseline continuum model, const × tbabs × ztbabs × (… view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: Left [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_4.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 5. Figure 5: Figure showing the RGS1 and RGS2 data and fit for one observation taken of Stack, 2024, to the emission feature at ∼ 0.56 keV and at ∼ 1 keV . The continuum parameters (black body temperature and power law index) were obtained with PN spectrum, and fixed those values while fitting RGS only. The spectra were re-binned for visualization. (the identical model with the 6.5 keV Gaussian compo￾nent removed). We … view at source ↗
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Figure 6. Figure 6: The best-fit model, with residuals before and after fitting the emission lines for the stacked EPIC-pn spectra in the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 (labeled as such). The top panel for every figure shows the best fit model and the PN spectrum. The blue data points on the top panel of every figure denote the X-ray background spectra. The middle panel shows the fit residuals when we removed the three emiss… view at source ↗
Figure 7
Figure 7. Figure 7: Distribution of the fit statistic improvement (∆χ 2 ) from 1,000 Monte Carlo simulations evaluating the signifi￾cance of the broad 6.46 keV emission feature using a 2025 stack PN spectrum. The histogram represents the expected improvements under the null hypothesis. The observed im￾provement of ∆χ 2 ≈ 25 (indicated by the vertical dashed red line) falls well outside the simulated null distribution, estab￾l… view at source ↗
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Figure 8. Figure 8 [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p019_8.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 9. Figure 9: A broadband SED for 1ES 1927+654 based on the recent observations in 2025. The red dotted curve is an accretion disk multi-color blackbody with a temperature of 5 eV at the innermost zone, the blue dotted curve is for a blackbody emission from the soft excess component with a temperature of 0.16 keV, the pink dotted curve is a power law emission with a lower cutoff energy of 50 eV, and the black solid line… view at source ↗
Figure 10
Figure 10. Figure 10: The X-ray, UV, optical, and radio light curves of 1ES1927+654 from May 2018 (when Swift monitoring started) to August 2025. We note the optical UV outburst in December 2017 in this source. The QPO+Jet+Soft X-ray rise phase is shaded in blue. We refer Laha et al. (2025) to the details. The descriptions of the different panels are the same as in [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p026_10.png] view at source ↗
Figure 11
Figure 11. Figure 11: Simulated RGS1 and RGS2 XMM-Newton spectra for the warm absorber parameters column of 5 × 1019 cm−2 , log(ξ) ∼ 2 and vturb = 500 km s−1 . Right: X axes are converted to a column density as 1022−a , where a is the number in the x-axis. The value, -2.2, corresponds to 1022−2.2 . This is equivalent to ∼ 5 × 1019 cm−2 [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p027_11.png] view at source ↗
Figure 12
Figure 12. Figure 12: Left: The best-fitted unfolded spectrum obtained from the simultaneous fit of PN, RGS1 and RGS2 of the stacked spectra from four epochs in 2022. Top Right: The confidence contour using c-statistics for the line at ∼ 0.47 keV. Both line sigma and energy are constrained within the 99 percent of the confidence. Bottom right: The confidence contour using c-statistics for the line at ∼ 1 keV. Both line sigma a… view at source ↗
Figure 13
Figure 13. Figure 13: Left: The best-fitted unfolded spectrum obtained from the simultaneous fit of PN, RGS1 and RGS2 of the stacked spectra from four epochs in 2023. Top Right: The confidence contour using c-statistics for the line at ∼ 0.56 keV. Both line sigma and energy are constrained within the 99 percent of the confidence. Bottom right: The confidence contour using c-statistics for the line at ∼ 1 keV. Both line sigma a… view at source ↗
Figure 14
Figure 14. Figure 14: Left: The best-fitted unfolded spectrum obtained from the simultaneous fit of PN, RGS1 and RGS2 of the stacked spectra for 2024. tbabs × ztbabs × (zgauss + zgauss + bbody + pow) model was used used to fit the spectra. Red and green colors correspond to RGS1 and RGS2 whereas black is for pn. The different model components are presented in the dotted lines. Top Right: The confidence contour using c-statisti… view at source ↗
Figure 15
Figure 15. Figure 15: Left: The best-fitted unfolded spectrum obtained from the simultaneous fit of PN, RGS1 and RGS2 of the stacked spectra from four epochs in 2025. Top Right: The confidence contour using c-statistics for the line at ∼ 0.56 keV. Both line sigma and energy are constrained within the 99 percent confidence interval. Bottom right: The confidence contour using c-statistics for the line at ∼ 1 keV. Both line sigma… view at source ↗
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Figure 16. Figure 16: Upper column: Best-fitted unfolded stacked spectra for 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 from left to right. Here we added an iron line, with a width of 0.2 keV, which is typical in the case of AGN, froze the line width, and fitted the stacked spectra. In all the cases, the spectral fit improves significantly with the iron line. Lower Column: Confidence interval for the iron line detected in the stacked spectra … view at source ↗
Figure 17
Figure 17. Figure 17: Left: The RGS1 and RGS2 spectra (in blue and red, respectively) for May 20, 2011, observations. The upper panel shows the data and the best-fit models. The bottom panel shows the residual delta C. Right: Similar to the left for observation from July 26, 2022. H. PN INDIVIDUAL SPECTRUM Here we have shown all the individual PN spectra for all the observations included in this work. The data, best fit model,… view at source ↗
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Figure 18. Figure 18: Same as [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p034_18.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 26. Figure 26: Left: The best fit EPIC PN spectrum and the model and the X-ray background (in black, red, and blue, respectively). This was the observation on May 20, 2011, the only pre-flare XMM-Newton observation. The second and bottom-most panel is the ratio of data to model when fitted with the continuum model only, tbabs*ztbabs(bb+pow). This observation did not require any Gaussian emission line component. Right: S… view at source ↗
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Figure 27. Figure 27: Same as [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p038_27.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 35. Figure 35: Optical spectra of 1ES 1927+654 obtained with DOLORES at the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG) at multiple epochs between 11 September 2023 and 11 November 2025. No broad emission-line component is detected in any of the epochs [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p043_35.png] view at source ↗
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We present results from a comprehensive multi-wavelength monitoring campaign of the changing-look active galactic nucleus 1ES 1927+654 during the onset and evolution of a radio jet (May 2022-August 2025). Using observations from XMM-Newton, Swift, TNG, ZTF, VLA, and VLBA, we characterize the spectral evolution of the source. Soft X-ray emission lines at ~0.56 keV and ~1 keV have appeared with variable strength and width during the formation of a nascent jet, with the ~1 keV feature persisting since the post-2017 flare phase. We also report the detection of a broad (~800 eV) Fe K emission feature at ~(6-7) keV in ~70 ks of stacked EPIC-pn spectra, marking the first such detection in this historically featureless source. Joint spectral fitting of XMM-Newton EPIC-pn and RGS data reveals the presence of ionized absorbers in 2022, followed by weaker absorption from 2023 to 2025. The emergence of emission features concurrent with the decline of ionized absorption suggests a transition in the inner accretion and outflow processes, indicating the reflection and reprocessing of X-rays from the inner accretion disk during jet formation. The apparent weakening of ionized outflows as the jet develops supports a scenario in which accreting material is preferentially channeled into the jet rather than expelled as winds. Furthermore, both the 0.3-2 keV soft X-ray and 5 GHz radio fluxes, which have increased by factors of ~10 and ~60, respectively, since 2022, have recently plateaued at elevated levels. Combined with steady optical emission, this indicates a stabilized accretion disk, corona, and jet configuration. Finally, the absence of broad optical emission lines suggests that the broad-line region is either not along our line of sight or insufficiently illuminated by the central source.

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Referee Report

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Summary. This paper presents a multi-wavelength study of the changing-look AGN 1ES 1927+654 during 2022–2025, focusing on X-ray spectral evolution using XMM-Newton RGS and EPIC-pn data alongside Swift, ZTF, TNG, VLA, and VLBA monitoring. The authors report: (1) emergence of soft X-ray emission lines at ~0.56 keV and ~1 keV, (2) detection of a broad (σ≈800 eV) Fe K emission feature at ~6–7 keV in yearly stacked EPIC-pn spectra, (3) presence of ionized warm absorbers in 2022 that weaken in 2023–2025, and (4) co-evolution of soft X-ray and radio fluxes. The paper interprets these findings in the context of a transition from wind-dominated to jet-dominated outflow during radio-jet formation.

Significance. The paper provides a valuable, high-cadence multi-wavelength dataset during a unique evolutionary phase of a well-studied changing-look AGN. The soft X-ray emission line detections at ~0.56 keV and ~1 keV are reasonably robust, being detected in individual observations with significant ΔC improvements (Tables 6–8) and confirmed in stacked spectra with contour analysis (Figures 12–15). The warm absorber evolution from 2022 to 2025 is also well-motivated, with confidence contours shown (Figure 4) and a simulation validating RGS sensitivity (Figure 11). The simultaneous RGS+PN fitting approach and Monte Carlo significance testing for the Fe K line are methodologically appropriate in principle. The multi-wavelength light curves and optical spectroscopy provide useful context. However, the significance of the Fe K detection — which is central to the reflection interpretation — is less secure than presented, as detailed below.

major comments (4)
  1. §3.3.5, Table 13: When σ is frozen at 0.8 keV, the 2022 stacked spectrum yields a line centroid at E=4.78 keV, which is unphysical for any Fe K transition. This is not discussed in the text. While the authors note the 2022 Fe K detection is marginal (ΔC~5/2), the fact that a broad Gaussian can settle at 4.78 keV demonstrates that σ=0.8 keV is broad enough to absorb continuum curvature rather than trace a real emission line. This directly undermines confidence that the 2023–2025 centroids (6.79–7.03 keV) represent genuine Fe K emission rather than continuum-modeling artifacts. The authors should explicitly address the 4.78 keV result and discuss the continuum-degeneracy risk, particularly given that background dominates at ≥6.5 keV (acknowledged in §3.3.5).
  2. §3.3.6: The Monte Carlo significance test uses σ≈1.5 keV (stated in the text), which is even broader than the 0.8 keV used in the main analysis (Table 9). A broader Gaussian has even greater freedom to absorb continuum curvature, so the >99.9% significance result validates the detection against statistical fluctuations of the null model but does not address systematic continuum mis-modeling. The test should be repeated with narrower widths (e.g., σ=0.2 keV, consistent with typical AGN Fe K lines) to demonstrate that the detection is not an artifact of the broad Gaussian absorbing residual continuum structure. Alternatively, the authors should test whether alternative continuum parameterizations (e.g., a cutoff powerlaw or a more complex soft-excess model) reduce or eliminate the Fe K residual.
  3. Figure 6: An unmodeled positive residual at ~4–5 keV is visible in the best-fit panels for 2023, 2024, and 2025. The authors acknowledge this in the figure caption ('We note that there is a significant positive residual at ~(4−5) keV') but do not model it or discuss its impact on the Fe K line fit. A broad Gaussian centered at ~7 keV with σ=0.8 keV extends to ~5 keV, so this residual could be partially absorbed by the Fe K Gaussian, inflating its apparent significance. The authors should either model this feature or demonstrate that it does not affect the Fe K line parameters.
  4. Tables 6–8: The Fe K line is undetected in any individual observation (ΔC≤9 in all cases, often ΔC≤5). The detection relies entirely on stacked spectra with ~40–90 ks exposures. Given the frozen line width, the background dominance at ≥6.5 keV, and the lack of individual-epoch detections, the claim in the abstract of 'the first such detection in this historically featureless source' should be substantially qualified. The conclusion (item 2) presents this as a robust result; it should be reframed as a tentative detection pending confirmation with higher-SNR data (e.g., NuSTAR, as the authors themselves note in §4.1.1).
minor comments (7)
  1. §3.3.1: The statement that emission lines are 'statistically better described' than warm absorbers (ΔC~99 for 6 parameters vs. ΔC~33 for 3 parameters) would benefit from an F-test or AIC/BIC comparison rather than raw ΔC comparison, since the models have different numbers of free parameters.
  2. Table 5 caption: The note says z values are 'shown as positive magnitudes for convenience' but the column header just says 'z'. This could confuse readers into thinking the absorber is redshifted. Consider labeling the column '|z|' or 'blueshift |z|'.
  3. §3.3.3: Line widths for the ~0.56 keV and ~1 keV Gaussians are frozen at best-fit values during error estimation (noted in Tables 6–8), but the specific values vary significantly between epochs (e.g., σ ranges from 3.1 to 60 eV for the 0.56 keV line). The rationale for these specific frozen values should be more transparent.
  4. Figure 6: The y-axis label 'Data/Model' in the residual panels would be clearer if the energy range were extended to show the full 0.3–10 keV range consistently across all four panels.
  5. §4.1.1: The reflection interpretation is discussed qualitatively but the authors acknowledge that self-consistent reflection models (relxill) cannot be applied. Given this, the phrase 'indicating the reflection and reprocessing of X-rays from the inner accretion disk' in the abstract is stronger than the data support. Consider softening to 'consistent with' or 'suggestive of' reflection.
  6. Table 9: The Fe K line width is listed as 400 eV for 2022 but 800 eV for 2023–2025. The text (§3.3.5) explains that σ=0.8 keV gives the best statistics for 2023–2025, but the 2022 entry at 400 eV appears inconsistent with this narrative. Clarify why 2022 uses a different frozen width.
  7. The paper cites Laha et al. (2022, 2025) extensively; ensure that results from these earlier works are clearly distinguished from new results presented here for the first time.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for a careful and constructive report. The referee's concerns center on the robustness of the Fe K detection, and we find the comments on the 4.78 keV centroid, the broad Monte Carlo width, the unmodeled 4-5 keV residual, and the language used in the abstract and conclusions to be well-taken. We will implement revisions addressing all four major comments, including new tests with narrower Gaussian widths and alternative continuum parameterizations, explicit discussion of the 4.78 keV result and continuum degeneracy, modeling or justification of the 4-5 keV residual, and qualification of the Fe K detection as tentative throughout the manuscript.

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  1. Referee: §3.3.5, Table 13: When σ is frozen at 0.8 keV, the 2022 stacked spectrum yields a line centroid at E=4.78 keV, which is unphysical for any Fe K transition. This is not discussed in the text. The fact that a broad Gaussian can settle at 4.78 keV demonstrates that σ=0.8 keV is broad enough to absorb continuum curvature rather than trace a real emission line. The authors should explicitly address the 4.78 keV result and discuss the continuum-degeneracy risk.

    Authors: The referee is correct that the 4.78 keV centroid in the 2022 stacked spectrum with σ=0.8 keV is unphysical for Fe K emission and that this result was not discussed in the text. This is a fair and important point. We will add an explicit discussion of this result in §3.3.5, noting that the 2022 detection is marginal (ΔC~5/2) and that the unphysical centroid demonstrates the broad Gaussian is absorbing continuum curvature rather than tracing a genuine line in that epoch. We agree this illustrates the continuum-degeneracy risk when using σ=0.8 keV. We will also note that the 2022 result is consistent with our existing statement that the Fe K line is only marginally detected in 2022, and that the 2023–2025 centroids (6.79–7.03 keV) at σ=0.8 keV are more physically plausible but must be interpreted with caution given this degeneracy. Importantly, Table 13 also shows that at narrower widths (σ=0.2 keV), the 2023–2025 centroids remain at 6.90–7.56 keV, which are physically reasonable for Fe K, while the 2022 centroid at σ=0.2 keV is 7.13 keV — also within the Fe K range but with only Δχ²=15. We will present this comparison explicitly to show that the physical centroids are not solely a product of the broad Gaussian. revision: yes

  2. Referee: §3.3.6: The Monte Carlo significance test uses σ≈1.5 keV, which is even broader than the 0.8 keV used in the main analysis. A broader Gaussian has even greater freedom to absorb continuum curvature, so the >99.9% significance result validates the detection against statistical fluctuations but does not address systematic continuum mis-modeling. The test should be repeated with narrower widths (e.g., σ=0.2 keV) or alternative continuum parameterizations should be tested.

    Authors: We agree entirely. The Monte Carlo test as currently presented validates the detection against statistical fluctuations of the null model but does not address systematic continuum mis-modeling, and the use of σ≈1.5 keV exacerbates this concern. We will repeat the Monte Carlo simulation with σ=0.2 keV, consistent with typical AGN Fe K line widths and with the narrow-width fits already presented in Table 13. We will also test alternative continuum parameterizations — specifically a cutoff power-law and a more complex soft-excess model (e.g., double blackbody or diskbb) — to determine whether these reduce or eliminate the Fe K residual. These additional tests will be reported in the revised §3.3.6. If the narrower-width Monte Carlo test yields a lower significance or the alternative continua reduce the residual, we will report this transparently and adjust the claimed significance accordingly. revision: yes

  3. Referee: Figure 6: An unmodeled positive residual at ~4–5 keV is visible in the best-fit panels for 2023, 2024, and 2025. A broad Gaussian centered at ~7 keV with σ=0.8 keV extends to ~5 keV, so this residual could be partially absorbed by the Fe K Gaussian, inflating its apparent significance. The authors should either model this feature or demonstrate that it does not affect the Fe K line parameters.

    Authors: This is a valid concern. We acknowledge in the figure caption that the 4–5 keV residual exists but did not model it or assess its impact on the Fe K fit. We will address this in the revision by adding a Gaussian component for the 4–5 keV feature and refitting the stacked spectra, reporting the effect on the Fe K line parameters (centroid, normalization, ΔC). If the 4–5 keV feature and the Fe K Gaussian are degenerate — i.e., modeling the 4–5 keV residual reduces the Fe K significance — we will report this explicitly. We will also show the Fe K parameters with and without the 4–5 keV component modeled, so the reader can assess the impact directly. This test will be added to §3.3.5 or a new subsection. revision: yes

  4. Referee: Tables 6–8: The Fe K line is undetected in any individual observation (ΔC≤9 in all cases, often ΔC≤5). The detection relies entirely on stacked spectra. Given the frozen line width, the background dominance at ≥6.5 keV, and the lack of individual-epoch detections, the claim in the abstract of 'the first such detection in this historically featureless source' should be substantially qualified. The conclusion (item 2) presents this as a robust result; it should be reframed as a tentative detection pending confirmation with higher-SNR data.

    Authors: We agree that the Fe K detection should be presented more cautiously given that it relies on stacked spectra, uses a frozen line width, occurs in a background-dominated regime, and is not detected in individual observations. We will revise the abstract to replace 'the first such detection in this historically featureless source' with language such as 'a tentative detection of a broad Fe K emission feature in stacked EPIC-pn spectra, the first such feature reported in this historically featureless source, pending confirmation with higher-SNR data.' We will also revise conclusion item 2 to explicitly state the tentative nature of the detection, the reliance on stacking, the background dominance at ≥6.5 keV, and the need for confirmation with NuSTAR. We already note in §4.1.1 that the current SNR precludes robust constraints with self-consistent reflection models and that higher-sensitivity observations are required; we will strengthen this statement and ensure consistency between the abstract, conclusions, and discussion. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity; observational paper with minor self-citation for context and SED construction

full rationale

This is an observational X-ray spectral analysis paper, not a derivational one. The central claims—detection of soft X-ray emission lines, a broad Fe K feature, and evolving warm absorbers—are obtained by fitting spectral models (Gaussians, WARMABS) directly to XMM-Newton data and reporting fit statistics (ΔC, Monte Carlo simulations). No prediction is claimed from a fitted parameter. The self-citations (Laha et al. 2022, 2025; Meyer et al. 2025; Ghosh et al. 2023) are used for light curves, radio monitoring context, and SED construction for the WARMABS ionization table. The SED self-citation is standard practice: the observed continuum parameters feed the ionization balance calculation, but the absorption parameters (NH, log ξ, blueshift z) are then fit to the data independently. The WARMABS model is also validated against an external result (Ricci et al. 2021, June 2018 observation). The frozen Fe K line width (σ=0.8 keV) and the resulting centroid shifts (including the unphysical 4.78 keV for 2022 in Table 13) are acknowledged limitations of the phenomenological modeling, not circular constructions—the paper explicitly states 'the centroid of the line is dependent on the line width we choose during the fitting' and 'the current SNR and spectral resolution preclude robust constraints using self-consistent reflection models.' The Monte Carlo significance test (Section 3.3.6) tests against statistical fluctuations of the null model, which is standard. No step in the analysis chain reduces to its own inputs by construction.

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The paper introduces no new physical entities, particles, or forces. All model components (tbabs, ztbabs, warmabs, bbody, powerlaw, zgauss) are standard XSPEC components. The free parameters are standard spectral fitting parameters. The key concern is the frozen Fe K line width and the single-epoch SED, both of which are modeling choices rather than new postulates.

free parameters (9)
  • ztbabs N_H (host galaxy) = (1.26-5.23)×10^20 cm^-2
    Fitted per observation to account for host galaxy neutral absorption (Table 5).
  • bbody kT = 0.13-0.16 keV
    Soft X-ray excess blackbody temperature, fitted per observation (Tables 6-9).
  • powerlaw Gamma = 2.39-3.24
    Power-law photon index for coronal emission, fitted per observation (Tables 6-9).
  • WA N_H = (0.3-3.0)×10^20 cm^-2
    Warm absorber column density, fitted per observation (Table 5).
  • WA log(xi) = 1.13-2.33
    Warm absorber ionization parameter, fitted per observation (Table 5).
  • WA z (blueshift) = 0.006-0.051
    Warm absorber outflow velocity redshift, fitted per observation (Table 5).
  • Gaussian line energies (0.45-0.56, ~1.0, 6-7.5 keV) = varies
    Emission line centroid energies, fitted per observation and stacked spectra (Tables 6-9).
  • Gaussian line widths (sigma) = 3-120 eV (soft), 800 eV (Fe K)
    Line widths; soft X-ray widths frozen at best-fit for error estimation; Fe K width frozen at 0.8 keV (Tables 6-9, 13).
  • Fe K line width (frozen) = 0.8 keV
    Chosen as the width yielding maximum statistical improvement among tested values (0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8 keV); not independently constrained (Table 13).
axioms (5)
  • domain assumption The XSTAR/WARMABS photoionization model with the source SED accurately predicts ionic column densities for the warm absorber.
    Section 3.3.1; the SED is constructed from a single epoch (March 2024) and assumed representative despite 10x soft X-ray variability.
  • domain assumption Gaussian profiles adequately model the emission features for detection purposes.
    Sections 3.3.3-3.3.5; the authors acknowledge self-consistent reflection models (relxill) cannot be applied due to SNR limitations (Section 4.1.1).
  • domain assumption Stacking spectra within a year does not introduce spurious features.
    Section 3.3.4; the authors acknowledge this risk and state they deal with it cautiously.
  • domain assumption The turbulent velocity of the warm absorber is 1000 km/s.
    Section 3.3.1; chosen as a standard value, not fitted from data.
  • domain assumption The host galaxy absorption (ztbabs) and warm absorber are statistically distinct components.
    Section 4.2, Figure 8; confidence contours are used to argue no degeneracy, but this is model-dependent.

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