The XMM deep survey in the CDF-S: II. A 9-20 keV selection of heavily obscured active galaxies at z > 1.7
We present results on a search of heavily obscured active galaxies z > 1.7 using the rest-frame 9−20 keV excess for X-ray sources detected in the deep XMM-CDFS survey. Out of 176 sources selected with the conservative detection criteria (>8σ) in the first source catalogue of Ranalli et al. (in...
| Autores: | , , , , , , , , , , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2012 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/109144 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/109144 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | X-ray galaxies Galaxies: active |
| Sumario: | We present results on a search of heavily obscured active galaxies z > 1.7 using the rest-frame 9−20 keV excess for X-ray sources detected in the deep XMM-CDFS survey. Out of 176 sources selected with the conservative detection criteria (>8σ) in the first source catalogue of Ranalli et al. (in prep.), 46 objects lie in the redshift range of interest with the median redshift ≃ 2.5. Their typical rest-frame 10−20 keV luminosity is 1044 erg s-1, as observed. Among optically faint objects that lack spectroscopic redshift, four were found to be strongly absorbed X-ray sources, and the enhanced Fe K emission or absorption features in their X-ray spectra were used to obtain X-ray spectroscopic redshifts. Using the X-ray colour–colour diagram based on the rest-frame 3−5 keV, 5−9 keV, and 9−20 keV bands, seven objects were selected for their 9−20 keV excess and were found to be strongly absorbed X-ray sources with column density of NH ≥ 0.6 × 1024 cm-2, including two possible Compton thick sources. While they are emitting at quasar luminosity, ~3/4 of the sample objects are found to be absorbed by NH > 1022 cm-2. A comparison with local AGN at the matched luminosity suggests an increasing trend of the absorbed source fraction for high-luminosity AGN towards high redshifts. |
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