| Soft X-ray excess is commonly observed in large majority of active galactic nuclei,especially in Seyferts.However,in flat-spectrum radio quasar,Soft X-ray excess is rarely observed.The study of soft X-ray excess will help us to deepen our understanding of the radiation components of active galactic nuclei and the structure of accretion disc.We report the soft X-ray excess feature and an opposite tendency between the optical/UV and X-ray bands during the flare that occurred in 2014 in flat-spectrum radio quasar(FSRQ)4C+21.35 with the observations by Swift-XRT and Swift-UVOT.These unusual phenomena are rarely reported in FSRQs.The flare was covered from the optical to the X-ray while no prominent activity in the γ-ray was observed.The mean energy flux of the optical V band flare is 6.862±0.227 mJy and the mean energy flux of the X-ray flare is 6.061-0.364+0.505×10-12erg cm-2 s-1.The average γ-ray flux is 1.946±0.108×10-7ph cm-2 s-1.It is far below the γ-ray activity state～4.58±0.08×10-6 ph cm-2 s-1 and the γ-ray 10.5 yr average state～3.58±0.02 × 10-7 ph cm-2 s-1,which could be an indication of weaker jet activity during the flare.We carry out the spectral energy distribution ranging from the optical to X-ray based on four models which are the warm corona model(Model-1),the relativistic reflection model(Model-2),the corona with the jet model(Model-3),and the relativistic reflection with the jet model(Model-4).We find some extreme variation of the parameters in Model2 and Model-4 and they are unable to explain the opposite tendency between the optical/UV and X-ray bands.Model-1 and Model-3 can obtain reasonable parameters and provide an explanation for the observed light curves between the optical/UV and X-ray bands.However,considering the weak jet activity during the X-ray flare,Model1 is much preferred for describing the soft X-ray excess,hard X-ray emission,as well as the opposite tendency between the optical/UV and X-rays.Based on Model-1,it is suggested that the flare in 2014 is probably due to the variation of the geometry of the corona,which are expected to be more strictly tested with further observations in the future. |
