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硬X射线选择吸收AGN的宽带研究

Broadband study of hard X-ray selected absorbed AGN

A. De Rosa, F. Panessa, L. Bassani, A. Bazzano, A. Bird, R. Landi, A. Malizia, M. Molina, P. Ubertini

摘要:

本文报道了用INTEGRAL硬X射线选择的一个完整的吸收Seyfert星系样品的宽带X射线性质。该样本由33个源组成:15个是新发现的20 keV以上,而18个是已知的活动星系核。对于17个源,我们用XMM和INTEGRAL数据进行了宽带分析。我们已经用现有的宽带研究补充了对其余16个来源的分析。的光谱是很好地再现与吸收的初级发射与高能量的截止和其散射分数低于2-3千电子伏,加上康普顿反射功能。在30%的样品中发现高能量截止,平均值低于150 keV。硬X射线选择有利于检测更模糊的源,对数NH平均值为23.15。NH与F(corr)(2- 10 keV)/F(20- 100 keV)的诊断图可以分离出康普顿厚的天体,并可能成为今后对新发现的活动星系核进行硬X射线观测的有用工具。我们无法将反射分量(连续谱和Fe线)与吸收气体作为环面相关联,需要更复杂的方案。在康普顿薄源中,Fe线的一部分(但不是全部)需要在比厚环面更靠近BH的气体中产生,这可能与光学BLR相关,也负责吸收。我们仍然需要一个康普顿厚介质(不拦截视线)可能与一个环面,这有助于铁线,并产生观察到的反射连续高于10千电子伏。岩泽-谷口效应不能用我们的数据证实。最后,与未被遮蔽的活动星系核样本的比较表明,1型和2型(一旦校正吸收)塞弗特具有相同的核/吸积性质(光度,热光度,爱丁顿比),支持统一的观点。

英文摘要:

[Abridged]We report on the broadband X-ray properties of a complete sample of absorbed Seyfert galaxies hard X-ray selected with INTEGRAL. The sample is composed of 33 sources: 15 are newly discovered above 20 keV while 18 are already known AGN. For 17 sources we have performed a broadband analysis with XMM and INTEGRAL data. We have complemented the analysis of the 16 remaining sources with existing broadband studies. The spectra are well reproduced with an absorbed primary emission with a high energy cutoff and its scattered fraction below 2-3 keV, plus the Compton reflection features. A high energy cut-off is found in 30% of the sample, with an average value below 150 keV. The hard X-ray selection favours the detection of more obscured sources, with the log NH average value of 23.15. The diagnostic plot NH vs F(corr)(2-10keV)/F(20-100keV) allowed the isolation of the Compton thick objects and may represent a useful tool for future hard X-ray observations of newly discovered AGN. We are unable to associate the reflection components (continuum and Fe line) with the absorbing gas as a torus, a more complex scenario being necessary. In the Compton thin sources, a fraction (but not all) of the Fe line needs to be produced in a gas located closer to the BH than the thick torus, and this is possibly associated with the optical BLR, responsible also for the absorption. We still need a Compton thick medium (not intercepting the line of sight) likely associated to a torus, which contributes to the Fe line and produces the observed reflection continuum above 10 keV. The Iwasawa-Taniguchi effect can not be confirmed with our data. Finally, the comparison with a sample of unobscured AGN shows that, type 1 and type 2 (once corrected for absorption) Seyfert are characterized by the same nuclear/accretion properties (luminosity, bolometric luminosity, Eddington ratio), supporting the unified view.

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