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7 Ms Chandra Deep Field-South 中一个 z~1.6 活动星系核的 X 射线揭示事件

X-ray Unveiling Events in a z~1.6 Active Galactic Nucleus in the 7 Ms Chandra Deep Field-South

Li-Ming Yu, Bin Luo, William N. Brandt, Franz E. Bauer, Demetra De Cicco, Andy C. Fabian, Roberto Gilli, Anton M. Koekemoer, Maurizio Paolillo, Donald P. Schnei… 展开作者

Li-Ming Yu, Bin Luo, William N. Brandt, Franz E. Bauer, Demetra De Cicco, Andy C. Fabian, Roberto Gilli, Anton M. Koekemoer, Maurizio Paolillo, Donald P. Schneider, Ohad Shemmer, Paolo Tozzi, Jonathan R. Trump, Cristian Vignali, Fabio Vito, Jun-Xian Wang, Yongquan Xue

AI总结:

本研究分析了 7 Ms Chandra Deep Field-South 中 z=1.608 活动星系核 XID 403 的极端 X 射线变异性,发现其两次显著增亮事件可能源于小尺度无尘埃吸收体不再遮挡冕的 X 射线揭示事件,或为潮汐瓦解事件候选者。

摘要:

我们研究了 7 Ms Chandra Deep Field-South 中一个 z = 1.608 活动星系核(XID 403)的极端 X 射线变异性,该源展示了两次显著的 X 射线增亮事件。在第一次事件中,XID 403 在观测帧 0.5-5 keV 波段内于 $\lesssim6.1$ 静止帧天内增亮了 $>2.5$ 倍。该事件持续了 $\approx5.0\textrm{-}7.3$ 天,随后 XID 403 在 $\lesssim6.1$ 天内变暗了 $>6.0$ 倍。在静止帧约 $\approx1.1\textrm{-}2.5$ 年后(包含漫长的观测间隙),它再次增亮,0.5-5 keV 通量增加了 $>12.6$ 倍。第二次事件持续了 251 天以上,并且该源一直保持明亮直到 7 Ms 曝光结束。在第二次爆发期间,其光谱是一个无遮挡的陡峭幂律谱(光子指数 $Γ=2.8\pm0.3$),静止帧 2-10 keV 光度达到 $1.5^{+0.8}_{-0.5}\times10^{43}$ erg s$^{-1}$;在此时期内没有显著的光谱演化。XID 403 的红外到紫外光谱能量分布由宿主星系主导。没有显著的紫外/光学变异性,也没有与 X 射线增亮同时发生的 $R$ 波段(静止帧 $\approx2500$ $\unicode{xC5}$)增亮。这种极端的 X 射线变异性可能源于两次 X 射线揭示事件,即指向冕的视线不再被小尺度无尘埃吸收体中的高密度气体团块遮挡。XID 403 可能是本地窄线 Seyfert 1 星系的高红移类似体,且其 X 射线吸收体是一股强大的吸积盘风。另一方面,我们无法排除 XID 403 是潮汐瓦解事件的一个不寻常候选者的可能性。

英文摘要:

We investigate the extreme X-ray variability of a z = 1.608 active galactic nucleus in the 7 Ms Chandra Deep Field-South (XID 403), which showed two significant X-ray brightening events. In the first event, XID 403 brightened by a factor of $>2.5$ in $\lesssim6.1$ rest-frame days in the observed-frame 0.5-5 keV band. The event lasted for $\approx5.0\textrm{-}7.3$ days, and then XID 403 dimmed by a factor of $>6.0$ in $\lesssim6.1$ days. After $\approx1.1\textrm{-}2.5$ years in the rest frame (including long observational gaps), it brightened again with the 0.5-5 keV flux increasing by a factor of $>12.6$. The second event lasted over 251 days and the source remained bright until the end of the 7 Ms exposure. The spectrum is a steep power law (photon index $Γ=2.8\pm0.3$) without obscuration during the second outburst, and the rest-frame 2-10 keV luminosity reaches $1.5^{+0.8}_{-0.5}\times10^{43}$ erg s$^{-1}$; there is no significant spectral evolution within this epoch. The infrared-to-UV spectral energy distribution of XID 403 is dominated by the host galaxy. There is no significant optical/UV variability and $R$-band (rest-frame $\approx2500$ $\unicode{xC5}$) brightening contemporaneous with the X-ray brightening. The extreme X-ray variability is likely due to two X-ray unveiling events, where the line of sight to the corona is no longer shielded by high-density gas clumps in a small-scale dust-free absorber. XID 403 is probably a high-redshift analog of local narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies, and the X-ray absorber is a powerful accretion-disk wind. On the other hand, we cannot exclude the possibility that XID 403 is an unusual candidate for tidal disruption events.

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