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最深硬X射线河外巡天中的AGN群体

AGN population in the deepest hard X-ray extragalactic survey

S. Paltani, T. J. -L. Courvoisier, T. Dwelly, I. M. McHardy, R. Walter

摘要:

本文介绍了河外最深硬X射线巡天活动星系核的总体分析结果。该巡天是基于3C 273/后发座星系团区域的INTEGRAL观测,覆盖2500 deg 2,20-60 keV的通量极限比类似能量的其他巡天低1.5倍,分辨率约为宇宙硬X射线背景的2.5%。利用这一测量结果,我们可以以无偏的方式限制氢柱吸收的分布,直到Nh=10^25 cm-2。我们把康普顿厚度物体的比例上限定为24%。与在2-10 keV波段选择的活动星系核粒子数模型相比,对数N-对数S图大体上吻合得很好,但Nh分布却有很大不同,与模型相比,在给定的通量极限下,未吸收源(Nh<10^22 cm-2)明显减少。我们还研究了本地硬X射线光度函数(LF),这是兼容的,发现在其他最近的硬X射线调查。2-10 keV LF的外推比硬X射线LF低。如果活动星系核光谱典型地呈现反射率为R~1的反射峰,这种差异就可以解决。最后,我们使用的人口属性,这项调查表明,未来的超深INTEGRAL河外调查可以导致一个相当大的活动星系核样本,有足够的对象在红移大于z=0.05,使我们可以检测到硬X射线LF的演变。

英文摘要:

We present the results of the analysis of the AGN population in the deepest extragalactic hard X-ray survey. The survey is based on INTEGRAL observation of the 3C 273/Coma cluster region, and covers 2500 deg2 with a 20-60 keV flux limit 1.5 times lower than other surveys at similar energies, resolving about 2.5% of the cosmic hard X-ray background. Using this survey, we can constrain in an unbiased way the distribution of hydrogen column absorption up to Nh=10^25 cm-2. We put an upper limit of 24% to the fraction of Compton-thick objects. Compared to models of the AGN population selected in the 2-10 keV band, the Log N-Log S diagram is generally in good agreement, but the Nh distribution is significantly different, with significantly less unabsorbed sources (Nh<10^22 cm-2) at a given flux limit compared to the models. We also study the local hard X-ray luminosity function (LF), which is compatible with what is found in other recent hard X-ray surveys. The extrapolation of the 2-10 keV LF is lower than the hard X-ray LF. The discrepancy is resolved if AGN spectra typically present reflection humps with reflection fraction R~1. Finally, we use the population properties of this survey to show that a future ultra-deep INTEGRAL extragalactic survey can result in a quite large AGN sample with enough objects at redshifts larger than z=0.05 so that we can detect evolution in the hard X-ray LF.

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