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超亮红外星系Arp220中AGN存在的硬X射线约束

A hard X-ray constraint on the presence of an AGN in the ultra-luminous infrared galaxy Arp220

K. Iwasawa, G. Matt, M. Guainazzi, A. C. Fabian

摘要:

本文介绍BeppoSAX卫星对超亮红外星系Arp 220的X射线观测结果。探测到高达10 keV的X射线发射。PDS检测器在较高能量带中未检测到显著信号。2-10 keV的辐射具有硬光谱(光子指数为1.7),类似于M82,亮度为1 e41 erg/s。一群X射线双星可能是这种X射线发射的主要来源。在6.4 keV处的铁K线等效宽度的上限为~600 eV。这一观察结果对Arp 220中存在的活性核施加了迄今为止最严格的限制。我们发现,一个被遮蔽的活性核,其X射线吸收的柱密度必须超过10**25 cm-2才有能量学意义,并且吸收的覆盖因子应几乎为1。如果辐射热光度主要是由星暴提供动力的话,那么暗的软X射线星暴发射可能需要一个很好的解释。

英文摘要:

We present X-ray results on the ultraluminous infrared galaxy Arp220 obtained with BeppoSAX. The X-ray emission up to 10 keV is detected. No significant signal is detected with the PDS detector in the higher energy band. The 2-10 keV emission has a hard spectrum (photon-index of 1.7), similar to M82, and a luminosity of 1e41 erg/s. A population of X-ray binaries may be a major source of this X-ray emission. The upper limit of an iron K line equivalent width at 6.4 keV is ~600 eV. This observation imposes so far the tightest constraint on an active nucleus if present in Arp220. We find that a column density of X-ray absorption must exceed 10**25 cm-2 for an obscured active nucleus to be significant in the energetics, and the covering factor of the absorption should be almost unity. The underluminous soft X-ray starburst emission may need a good explanation, if the bolometric luminosity is primarily powered by a starburst.

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