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HELLAS2XMM调查。XIII。遮蔽AGN光谱能量分布的多分量分析

The HELLAS2XMM survey. XIII. Multi-component analysis of the spectral energy distribution of obscured AGN

F. Pozzi, C. Vignali, A. Comastri, E. Bellocchi, J. Fritz, C. Gruppioni, M. Mignoli, R. Maiolino, L. Pozzetti, M. Brusa, F. Fiore, G. Zamorani

摘要:

我们将近中红外斯皮策数据与较短波长的观测(光学到X射线)相结合,以深入了解明亮,模糊的活动星系核(AGN)样本的特性。我们的目标是模拟其宽带光谱能量分布(SED),以估计有关的尘埃环的主要参数。该样品包括从HELLAS 2XMM巡天中选出的16个被遮蔽的高红移(0.9<z<2.1)X射线发光类星体(L_2-10 ~ 10^44 erg s-1)。用一个包含恒星分量、活动星系核分量和星暴分量的多分量模型来描述SEDs。大部分(~80%)的源显示中等的光学厚度(tau_9.7 μ m <3),并且对于大多数天体,导出的柱密度N_H与X射线推断值(10^22 <N_H< 3x10^23 cm-2)一致,证实这些源是中等遮蔽的康普顿薄活动星系核。据推测,吸积光度的范围为5x10^44 < Lbol < 4x10^46 erg s-1。我们比较模型的光度与那些通过整合所观察到的SED,发现后者是由一个因素的中位数低~2。对于具有高光学深度(tau_9.7um=10)的模型,差异可以高达一个数量级。拟合得到的光度值与观测到的SED光度值的比值表明,至少对于2型活动星系核,观测到的辐射光度值有可能低估了内禀光度值,而且这种影响对于高度遮蔽的源更为严重。计算了硬X射线波段的辐射热修正,其中值为k_2- 10 kev ~ 20。在我们的样本中,被遮蔽的活动星系核的特征是相对较低的爱丁顿比(中值λ_Edd~0.08)。平均而言,它们与爱丁顿比随着热辐射校正的增加而增加是一致的(例如Vasudevan & Fabiam 2009)。

英文摘要:

We combine near-to-mid-IR Spitzer data with shorter wavelength observations (optical to X-rays) to get insights on the properties of a sample of luminous, obscured Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN). We aim at modeling their broad-band Spectral Energy Distributions (SEDs) in order to estimate the main parameters related to the dusty torus. The sample comprises 16 obscured high-redshift (0.9<z<2.1) xray luminous quasars (L_2-10 ~ 10^44 erg s-1) selected from the HELLAS2XMM survey. The SEDs are described by a multi-component model including a stellar component, an AGN component and a starburst. The majority (~80%) of the sources show moderate optical depth (tau_9.7um<3) and the derived column densities N_H are consistent with the xray inferred values (10^22 <N_H< 3x10^23 cm-2) for most of the objects, confirming that the sources are moderately obscured Compton-thin AGN. Accretion luminosities in the range 5x10^44 < Lbol < 4x10^46 erg s-1 are inferred. We compare model luminosities with those obtained by integrating the observed SED, finding that the latter are lower by a factor of ~2 in the median. The discrepancy can be as high as an order of magnitude for models with high optical depth (tau_9.7um=10). The ratio between the luminosities obtained by the fitting procedure and from the observed SED suggest that, at least for Type~2 AGN, observed bolometric luminosities are likely to underestimate intrinsic ones and the effect is more severe for highly obscured sources. Bolometric corrections from the hard X-ray band are computed and have a median value of k_2-10kev ~ 20. The obscured AGN in our sample are characterized by relatively low Eddington ratios (median lambda_Edd~0.08). On average, they are consistent with the Eddington ratio increasing at increasing bolometric correction (e.g. Vasudevan & Fabiam 2009).

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