- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/255/7
- Title:
- X-ray monitoring of 1ES 1927+654
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/255/7
- Date:
- 06 Dec 2021 19:56:23
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- 1ES 1927+654 is a nearby active galactic nucleus (AGN) that underwent a changing-look event in early 2018, developing prominent broad Balmer lines that were absent in previous observations. We have followed up this object in the X-rays with an ongoing campaign that started in 2018 May and that includes 265 NICER (for a total of 678ks) and 14 Swift/XRT (26ks) observations, as well as three simultaneous XMM-Newton/NuSTAR (158/169ks) exposures. In the X-rays, 1ES 1927+654 shows a behavior unlike any previously known AGN. The source is extremely variable both in spectral shape and flux and does not show any correlation between X-ray and UV flux on timescales of hours or weeks/months. After the outburst, the power-law component almost completely disappeared, and the source showed an extremely soft continuum dominated by a blackbody component. The temperature of the blackbody increases with the luminosity, going from kT~80eV (for a 0.3-2keV luminosity of L_0.3-2_~10^41.5^erg/s) to ~200eV (for L_0.3-2_~10^44^erg/s). The spectra show evidence of ionized outflows and of a prominent feature at ~1keV, which can be reproduced by a broad emission line. The unique characteristics of 1ES 1927+654 in the X-ray band suggest that it belongs to a new type of changing-look AGN. Future X-ray surveys might detect several more objects with similar properties.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/436/3581
- Title:
- X-ray observations of Stripe 82
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/436/3581
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have analysed the XMM-Newton and Chandra data overlapping ~16.5deg^2^ of Sloan Digital Sky Survey Stripe 82, including ~4.6deg^2^ of proprietary XMM-Newton data that we present here. In total, 3362 unique X-ray sources are detected at high significance. We derive the XMM-Newton number counts and compare them with our previously reported Chandra logN-logS relations and other X-ray surveys. The Stripe 82 X-ray source lists have been matched to multiwavelength catalogues using a maximum likelihood estimator algorithm. We discovered the highest redshift (z=5.86) quasar yet identified in an X-ray survey. We find 2.5 times more high-luminosity (L_X_>10^45erg/s) AGN than the smaller area Chandra and XMM-Newton survey of COSMOS and 1.3 times as many identified by XBootes. Comparing the high-luminosity active galactic nuclei (AGN) we have identified with those predicted by population synthesis models, our results suggest that this AGN population is a more important component of cosmic black hole growth than previously appreciated. Approximately a third of the X-ray sources not detected in the optical are identified in the infrared, making them candidates for the elusive population of obscured high-luminosity AGN in the early universe.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/817/172
- Title:
- X-ray Observations of Stripe 82
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/817/172
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We release the next installment of the Stripe 82 X-ray survey point-source catalog, which currently covers 31.3deg^2^ of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Stripe 82 Legacy field. In total, 6181 unique X-ray sources are significantly detected with XMM-Newton (>5{sigma}) and Chandra (>4.5{sigma}). This catalog release includes data from XMM-Newton cycle AO 13, which approximately doubled the Stripe 82X survey area. The flux limits of the Stripe 82X survey are 8.7x10^-16^erg/s/cm2, 4.7x10^-15^erg/s/cm2, and 2.1x10^-15^erg/s/cm2 in the soft (0.5-2keV), hard (2-10keV), and full bands (0.5-10keV), respectively, with approximate half-area survey flux limits of 5.4x10^-15^erg/s/cm2, 2.9x10^-14^erg/s/cm2, and 1.7x10^-14^erg/s/cm2. We matched the X-ray source lists to available multi-wavelength catalogs, including updated matches to the previous release of the Stripe 82X survey; 88% of the sample is matched to a multi-wavelength counterpart. Due to the wide area of Stripe 82X and rich ancillary multi-wavelength data, including coadded SDSS photometry, mid-infrared WISE coverage, near-infrared coverage from UKIDSS and VISTA Hemisphere Survey, ultraviolet coverage from GALEX, radio coverage from FIRST, and far-infrared coverage from Herschel, as well as existing ~30% optical spectroscopic completeness, we are beginning to uncover rare objects, such as obscured high-luminosity active galactic nuclei at high-redshift. The Stripe 82X point source catalog is a valuable data set for constraining how this population grows and evolves, as well as for studying how they interact with the galaxies in which they live.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/VII/181
- Title:
- X-ray of active galaxies and nuclei
- Short Name:
- VII/181
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- (no description available)
1015. X-ray properties of AGN
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/309/81
- Title:
- X-ray properties of AGN
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/309/81
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- ROSAT spectra of 86 Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) with a broad range of optical FeII strengths have been analyzed. The results of the spectral analysis have been combined with optical and radio data as well as with optical emission line properties collected from the literature to understand the origin of the strong FeII emission and the nature of the soft X-ray excess.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/476/759
- Title:
- X-ray properties of AGN from the CJF sample
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/476/759
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the soft X-ray properties obtained in the ROSAT All-Sky survey and from pointed PSPC observations for the AGN in the complete flux-density limited Caltech-Jodrell Bank flat spectrum sample (hereafter CJF). CJF is a VLBI survey (VLBA observations at 5GHz) of 293 AGN with detailed information on jet component motion. We investigate and discuss the soft X-ray properties of this AGN sample and examine the correlations between X-ray and VLBI properties, test beaming scenarios, and search for the discriminating properties between the sub-samples detected and not detected by ROSAT. Comparing the observed and the predicted X-ray fluxes by assuming an Inverse Compton (IC) origin for the observed X-rays, we compute the beaming or Doppler factor, {delta}_IC_, for the CJF sources and compare it with the equipartition Doppler factor, {delta}_EQ_. We further contrast the Doppler factors with other beaming indicators derived from the VLBI observations, such as the value of the expansion velocity, and the observed and intrinsic brightness temperature. We calculate two different core dominance parameters (R): the ratio of total VLBI flux to single-dish flux, R_V_, and the ratio of the VLBI core-component flux to single-dish flux, R_C_. In addition, we investigate the large-scale radio structure of the AGN and the difference between the pc- and kpc-scale structure (misalignment) with regard to the X-ray observations.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/451/457
- Title:
- X-ray properties of AGN in CDFS
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/451/457
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a detailed X-ray spectral analysis of the sources in the 1Ms catalog of the Chandra Deep Field South (CDFS, J/ApJS/139/369) taking advantage of optical spectroscopy and photometric redshifts for 321 extragalactic sources out of the total sample of 347 sources. As a default spectral model, we adopt a power law with slope Gamma with an intrinsic redshifted absorption N_H_, a fixed Galactic absorption and an unresolved Fe emission line. For 82 X-ray bright sources, we are able to perform the X-ray spectral analysis leaving both Gamma and N_H_ free.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/530/A42
- Title:
- X-ray properties of AGNs in XBS
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/530/A42
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- X-ray surveys are a key instrument in the study of active galactic nuclei (AGN). Thanks to their penetrating ability, X-rays are able to map the innermost regions close to the central super massive black hole (SMBH) as well as to detect and characterize its emission up to high redshift. We present here a detailed X-ray spectral analysis of the AGN belonging to the XMM-Newton bright survey (XBS). The XBS is composed of two flux-limited samples selected in the complementary 0.5-4.5 and 4.5-7.5keV energy bands and comprising more than 300 AGN up to redshift ~2.4. We performed an X-ray analysis following two different approaches: by analyzing individually each AGN X-ray spectrum and by constructing average spectra for different AGN types.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/504/5556
- Title:
- X-ray properties of 26 high-luminosity quasars
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/504/5556
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present an investigation of the interdependence of the optical-to-X-ray spectral slope (aox), the HeII equivalent-width (EW), and the monochromatic luminosity at 2500{AA} (L2500). The values of {alpha}_ox_ and HeII EW are indicators of the strength/shape of the quasar ionizing continuum, from the ultraviolet (UV; 1500-2500{AA}), through the extreme ultraviolet (EUV;300-50{AA}), to the X-ray (2keV) regime. For this investigation, we measure the HeII EW of 206 radio-quiet quasars devoid of broad absorption lines that have high-quality spectral observations of the UV and 2keV X-rays. The sample spans wide redshift (z~0.13-3.5) and luminosity (logL_2500_~29.2-32.5erg/s/Hz) ranges. We recover the well-known {alpha}_ox_-L_2500_ and HeII EW-L_2500_ anti-correlations, and we find a similarly strong correlation between {alpha}_ox_ and HeII EW, and thus the overall spectral shape from the UV, through the EUV, to the X-ray regime is largely set by luminosity. A significant {alpha}_ox_-HeII EW correlation remains after removing the contribution of L_2500_ from each quantity, and thus the emission in the EUV and the X-rays are also directly tied. This set of relations is surprising, since the UV, EUV, and X-ray emission are expected to be formed in three physically distinct regions. Our results indicate the presence of a redshift-independent physical mechanism that couples the continuum emission from these three different regions, and thus controls the overall continuum shape from the UV to the X-ray regime.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/713/L11
- Title:
- X-ray properties of Seyfert 1 galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/713/L11
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We use publicly available XMM-Newton data to systematically compare the hard X-ray photon indices, {Gamma}_2-10keV_, and the iron K{alpha} emission lines of narrow- and broad-line Seyfert 1 (NLS1 and BLS1) galaxies. We compile a flux-limited (f_2-10keV_>=1x10^-12^erg/s/cm^2^) sample including 114 radio-quiet objects, with the 2-10keV luminosity ranging from 10^41^ to 10^45^erg/s. 86 out of these 114 AGNs are included in the CAIXA catalogue (Bianchi et al. 2009, Cat. J/A+A/495/421). The redshift range of the present sample is z<0.37, with only seven objects having z>0.2.
