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关于Lx-L6micron比率作为康普顿厚AGN的诊断

On the Lx-L6micron ratio as a diagnostic for Compton-thick AGN

I. Georgantopoulos, E. Rovilos, A. Akylas, A. Comastri, P. Ranalli, C. Vignali, I. Balestra, R. Gilli, N. Cappelluti

摘要:

由于中红外光度代表了活动星系核能量的一个很好的各向同性代理,因此低的X射线与中红外光度比通常被认为是选择康普顿厚度(CT)活动星系核的一个可靠指标。我们通过检查12亩IRAS活动星系核样本,其中高信号噪声XMM观测最近已成为可用的诊断的效率进行评估。我们发现,绝大多数(10/11)的活动星系核已被归类为CT的基础上的X射线光谱学的Barkman和Nandra提出了一个低的Lx/L 6光度比,即低于百分之几的平均活动星系核的比率,这是典型的反射占主导地位的CT源。在低Lx/L 6比,我们也发现了相当数量的活动星系核,其中大部分是严重吸收,但不是CT。这意味着,尽管大多数康普顿厚度的活动星系核呈现出低的Lx/L 6比值,至少在局部宇宙中,相反的情况不一定是正确的。接下来,我们将我们的分析扩展到更高的红移。我们在CDFS中进行相同的分析,其中具有优良质量的钱德拉(4 Ms)和xmm(3 Ms)X射线光谱。我们获得准确的X射线光度钱德拉源使用X射线光谱拟合,以及从SED拟合6亩光度。我们发现8活动星系核低Lx/L 6的比例,在排除一个来源,其中6 mu排放主要来自恒星形成。其中一个源已经被证明是CT核的宿主,而另一个红移为z=1.22的源,我们认为它最有可能是CT的基础上,结合钱德拉和xmm光谱。我们发现大量的非CT污染物与低Lx/L 6比率。上述结果表明,虽然大部分低Lx/L 6活动星系核被严重遮蔽,但仅凭低Lx/L 6比值并不能确定CT活动星系核的存在。高红移宇宙中两个最可靠的CT活动星系核都具有很高的Lx/L 6比值,这表明该方法不能提供完整的CT活动星系核样品。

英文摘要:

As the mid-IR luminosity represents a good isotropic proxy of the AGN power, a low X-ray to mid-IR luminosity ratio is often claimed to be a reliable indicator for selecting Compton-thick (CT) AGN. We assess the efficiency of this diagnostic by examining the 12mu IRAS AGN sample for which high signal-to-noise XMM observations have been recently become available. We find that the vast majority (10/11) of the AGN that have been classified as CT on the basis the X-ray spectroscopy by Brightman & Nandra present a low Lx/L6 luminosity ratio, i.e. lower than a few percent of the average AGN ratio which is typical of reflection-dominated CT sources. At low Lx/L6 ratios we also find a comparable number of AGN, most of which are heavily absorbed but not CT. This implies that although most Compton-thick AGN present low Lx/L6 ratios, at least in the local, Universe, the opposite is not necessarily true. Next, we extend our analysis to higher redshifts. We perform the same analysis in the CDFS where excellent quality chandra (4 Ms) and xmm (3 Ms) X-ray spectra are available. We derive accurate X-ray luminosities for chandra sources using X-ray spectral fits, as well as 6mu luminosities from SED fits. We find 8 AGN with low Lx/L6 ratios in total, after excluding one source where the 6mu emission primarily comes from star-formation. One of these sources has been already demonstrated to host a CT nucleus, while for another one at a redshift of z=1.22 we argue it is most likely CT on the basis of its combined chandra and xmm spectrum. We find a large number of non CT contaminant with low Lx/L6 ratios. The above suggest that a low Lx/L6 ratio alone cannot ascertain the presence of a CT AGN, albeit the majority of low Lx/L6 AGN are heavily obscured. The two most reliable CT AGN in the high redshift Universe have high Lx/L6 ratios, showing that this method cannot provide complete CT AGN samples.

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