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隐藏在厚遮蔽物后的中等质量黑洞

An Intermediate Mass Black Hole Hidden Behind Thick Obscuration

Peter G. Boorman, Daniel Stern, Roberto J. Assef, Abhijeet Borkar, Murray Brightman, Johannes Buchner, Chien-Ting Chen, Hannah P. Earnshaw, Fiona A. Harrison, G… 展开作者

Peter G. Boorman, Daniel Stern, Roberto J. Assef, Abhijeet Borkar, Murray Brightman, Johannes Buchner, Chien-Ting Chen, Hannah P. Earnshaw, Fiona A. Harrison, Gabriele A. Matzeu, Ryan W. Pfeifle, Claudio Ricci, Jiří Svoboda, Núria Torres-Albà, Ingyin Zaw

AI总结:

本研究通过X射线能谱分析首次证实IC 750这一中等质量黑洞存在康普顿厚遮蔽,指出搜寻中等质量黑洞需考虑该遮蔽效应以避免偏差。

摘要:

近期模型表明,约一半的吸积超大质量黑洞(SMBHs;$M_{\rm BH}$ $\rm \gtrsim$ 10$^{5}$ M$_{\rm \odot}$)预计会在康普顿厚($N_{\rm H}$ $>$ 1.5 $\times$ 10$^{24}$ cm$^{-2}$)的遮蔽气体幕布后经历剧烈增长阶段。然而,尽管中等质量黑洞(IMBH;$M_{\rm BH}$ $\rm \sim$ 10$^{2}$ $-$ 10$^{5}$ M$_{\rm \odot}$)是SMBH种子的可行来源,但目前尚无已知的康普顿厚吸积IMBH实例。我们对IC 750开展了详细的X射线能谱分析,它是迄今为止唯一一个基于巨脉泽测得精确中等质量(< 10$^{5}$ M$_{\rm \odot}$)的活动星系核(AGN)。通过对叠加的177 ks钱德拉(Chandra)能谱进行唯象建模,我们发现中性6.4 keV Fe K$α$的等值宽度为1.9$^{+2.2}_{-1.0}$ keV。如此大的等值宽度极少由致密遮蔽物荧光以外的过程产生。我们拟合了三种具有物理依据的X射线能谱模型,以推断一系列可能的本征2-10 keV光度后验分布,这些分布涵盖了与模型选择相关的系统不确定性。尽管预测的本征2-10 keV光度范围很广,在$\rm \sim$ 10$^{41}$到10$^{43}$ erg s$^{-1}$之间,但三种模型均一致认为IC 750的视线柱密度为康普顿厚,置信度>99%。已有充分研究表明,康普顿厚遮蔽会在SMBH型AGN的搜寻中造成显著偏差。因此,我们的研究结果首次表明,为了以无偏差的方式发现并理解IMBH族群,也应当适当考虑康普顿厚遮蔽的影响。

英文摘要:

Recent models suggest approximately half of all accreting supermassive black holes (SMBHs; $M_{\rm BH}$ $\gtrsim$ 10$^{5}$ M$_{\odot}$) are expected to undergo intense growth phases behind Compton-thick ($N_{\rm H}$ $>$ 1.5 $\times$ 10$^{24}$ cm$^{-2}$) veils of obscuring gas. However, despite being a viable source for the seeding of SMBHs, there are currently no examples known of a Compton-thick accreting intermediate mass black hole (IMBH; $M_{\rm BH}$ $\sim$ 10$^{2}$ $-$ 10$^{5}$ M$_{\odot}$). We present a detailed X-ray spectral analysis of IC 750 $-$ the only AGN to-date with a precise megamaser-based intermediate mass $<$ 10$^{5}$ M$_{\odot}$. We find the equivalent width of neutral 6.4 keV Fe K$α$ to be 1.9$^{+2.2}_{-1.0}$ keV via phenomenological modelling of the co-added 177 ks Chandra spectrum. Such large equivalent widths are seldom produced by processes other than fluorescence from dense obscuration. We fit three physically-motivated X-ray spectral models to infer a range of possible intrinsic 2$-$10 keV luminosity posteriors that encompass the systematic uncertainties associated with a choice of model. Despite a wide range of predicted intrinsic 2$-$10 keV luminosities between $\sim$ 10$^{41}$ and 10$^{43}$ erg s$^{-1}$, all three models agree that IC 750 has a Compton-thick line-of-sight column density to $>$ 99\% confidence. Compton-thick obscuration is well-documented to impinge substantial bias on the pursuit of SMBH AGN. Our results thus provide the first indication that Compton-thick obscuration should also be properly considered to uncover and understand the IMBH population in an unbiased manner.

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