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一种有效选择康普顿厚AGN的新技术

A new technique to efficiently select Compton-thick AGN

P. Severgnini, A. Caccianiga, R. Della Ceca

摘要:

提出了一种新的有效的诊断方法,基于中红外和X射线数据,选择本地(z<0.1)康普顿厚(CT)活动星系核的目的是估计其表面和空间密度。我们在X射线/IR与HR平面上定义了一个与CT活动星系核有关的区域,即F(2- 12 keV)/F ~(25)nu ~(25)<0.02 and HR>-0.2。我们利用IRAS-PSC和2XMM星表的数据建立了43个CT活动星系核候选样本。为了测试所提出的方法在选择CT活动星系核的效率,我们使用的X射线光谱分析的结果进行我们的样本的所有来源。在考虑了不同的选择效应后,我们估计了局部宇宙中CT的数量及其密度,直到IRAS通量极限F25=0.5Jy。我们发现,这里提出的诊断图是一个有效的方法来选择康普顿厚AGN在附近的宇宙,因为~84%的源填充建议CT区域实际上是CT AGN。20%是新发现的CT AGN。然后,我们估计CT AGN的表面密度下降到IRAS PSC目录流量限制(F25=0.5Jy),原来是~3e-3 src deg-2。在估计了一个等效的IR硬X射线极限通量后,我们将我们的结果与使用SWIFT-BAT发现的结果进行了比较。我们发现,这里导出的表面密度是一个因素4以上的硬X射线测量中计算的密度。这种差异至少部分归因于恒星形成活动对我们样本中源的总25 mic发射的显著贡献(约60-90%)。通过只考虑25 mic活动星系核的发射,我们估计了CT活动星系核的表面密度,这与硬X射线测量的结果是一致的。最后,我们估计了内禀LX&gt; 1 e43 erg s-1(0.004&lt;z&lt;0.06)的CT AGN的同向运动空间密度:~3.5e-6 Mpc-3。基于Gilli等人的XRB综合模型对CT活动星系核的预测。(2007)与此值一致。

英文摘要:

We present a new efficient diagnostic method, based on mid-infrared and X-ray data, to select local (z<0.1) Compton-thick (CT) AGN with the aim of estimating their surface and space density. We define a region in the X-ray/IR vs. HR plane associated to CT AGN, i.e. F(2-12keV)/F25nu25<0.02 and HR>-0.2. We build up a sample of 43 CT AGN candidates using data from IRAS-PSC and 2XMM catalogue. In order to test the efficiency of the proposed method in selecting CT AGN we use the results of the X-ray spectral analysis performed on all the sources of our sample. After taking into account the different selection effects, we have estimated the number of CT in the local Universe and their density down to the IRAS flux limit of F25=0.5Jy. We find that the diagnostic plot proposed here is an efficient method to select Compton-thick AGN in the nearby Universe since ~84% of the sources populating the proposed CT region are actually CT AGN. Twenty percent are newly-discovered CT AGN. We then estimate the surface density of CT AGN down to the IRAS PSC catalogue flux limit (F25=0.5Jy) that turns out to be ~3e-3 src deg-2. After estimating an equivalent IR-hard X-ray limiting flux, we compare our result with those found with SWIFT-BAT. We find that the surface density derived here is a factor 4 above the density computed in the hard X-ray surveys. This difference is ascribed, at least in part, to a significant contribution (~60-90%) of the star-forming activity to the total 25 mic emission for the sources in our sample. By considering only the 25 mic AGN emission, we estimate a surface density of CT AGN which is consistent with the results found by hard X-ray surveys. Finally, we estimated the co-moving space density of CT AGN with intrinsic LX>1e43 erg s-1 (0.004<z<0.06): ~3.5e-6 Mpc-3. The prediction for CT AGN based on the synthesis model of XRB in Gilli et al.(2007) is consistent with this value.

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