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arXiv 2007.14571astro-ph.GAastro-ph.HE
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[C II ]-bright,z=6.59类星体/伴星系统的X射线观测

X-ray Observations of a [C II]-bright, z=6.59 Quasar/Companion System

Thomas Connor, Eduardo Bañados, Chiara Mazzucchelli, Daniel Stern, Roberto Decarli, Xiaohui Fan, Emanuele Paolo Farina, Elisabeta Lusso, Marcel Neeleman, Fabian Walter

摘要:

我们提出了深钱德拉观测PSO J231.6576 $-$ 20.8335,一个类星体在红移z=6.59附近(${\sim}8$适当kpc)的同伴星系。ALMA观测到类星体和伴星在[C II]中都是明亮的,并且系统在类星体周围有显着的扩展Ly $α$发射,这表明星系合并正在进行中。与以前对两个类似系统的研究不同,尽管我们用钱德拉望远镜观察了140 k,但我们没有在X射线中探测到伴星。类星体本身被探测到,但只观测到$13.3^{+4.8}_{-3.7}$净计数。从基本的光谱分析来看,类星体的X射线光谱是软的($\mathcal{HR} = -0.60_{-0.27}^{+0.17}$的硬度比,$Γ=2.6^{+1.0}_{-0.9}$的幂律指数),这导致尽管观测到的X射线通量很微弱,但其静止坐标系X射线亮度与其他明亮类星体($L_{2-10} = 1.09^{+2.20}_{-0.70}\times 10^{45}\ \textrm{erg}\ \textrm{s}^{-1}$)相当。我们强调了这一结果的两种可能的解释:类星体有一个陡峭的$Γ$值-可能与观测到的正在进行的爱丁顿吸积有关-从而将大部分发射推到我们观测到的波段之外,或者类星体有一个更正常的光谱($Γ{\sim}2$),但因此X射线发光($L_{2-10} \sim 0.6 \times 10^{45}\ \textrm{ erg}\ \textrm{ s}^{-1}$)。

英文摘要:

We present deep Chandra observations of PSO J231.6576$-$20.8335, a quasar at redshift z=6.59 with a nearby (${\sim}8$ proper kpc) companion galaxy. ALMA observed both the quasar and companion to be bright in [C II], and the system has significant extended Ly$α$ emission around the quasar, suggesting that a galaxy merger is ongoing. Unlike previous studies of two similar systems, and despite observing the system with Chandra for 140 ks, we do not detect the companion in X-rays. The quasar itself is detected, but only $13.3^{+4.8}_{-3.7}$ net counts are observed. From a basic spectral analysis, the X-ray spectrum of the quasar is soft (hardness ratio of $\mathcal{HR} = -0.60_{-0.27}^{+0.17}$, power-law index of $Γ=2.6^{+1.0}_{-0.9}$), which results in a rest-frame X-ray luminosity comparable to other bright quasars ($L_{2-10} = 1.09^{+2.20}_{-0.70}\times 10^{45}\ \textrm{erg}\ \textrm{s}^{-1}$) despite the faint observed X-ray flux. We highlight two possible interpretations of this result: the quasar has a steep value of $Γ$ -- potentially related to observed ongoing Eddington accretion -- thereby pushing much of the emission out of our observed band, or the quasar has a more normal spectrum ($Γ{\sim}2$) but is therefore less X-ray luminous ($L_{2-10} \sim 0.6 \times 10^{45}\ \textrm{ erg}\ \textrm{ s}^{-1}$).

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