- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/794/48
- Title:
- XMM-Newton galaxy clusters X-ray properties
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/794/48
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present new X-ray temperatures and improved X-ray luminosity estimates for 15 new and archival XMM-Newton observations of galaxy clusters at intermediate redshift with mass and luminosities near the galaxy group/cluster division (M_2500_<2.4x10_70_^-1^M_{sun}_, L<2x10^44^erg/s, 0.3<z<0.6). These clusters have weak-lensing mass measurements based on Hubble Space Telescope observations of clusters representative of an X-ray-selected sample (the ROSAT 160SD survey). The angular resolution of XMM-Newton allows us to disentangle the emission of these galaxy clusters from nearby point sources, which significantly contaminated previous X-ray luminosity estimates for 6 of the 15 clusters. We extend cluster scaling relations between X-ray luminosity, temperature, and weak-lensing mass for low-mass, X-ray-selected clusters out to redshift ~0.45. These relations are important for cosmology and the astrophysics of feedback in galaxy groups and clusters. Our joint analysis with a sample of 50 clusters in a similar redshift range but with larger masses (M_500_<21.9x10^14^M_{sun}_, 0.15<=z<=0.55) from the Canadian Cluster Comparison Project finds that within r_2500_, M{prop.to}L^0.44+/-0.05^, T{prop.to}L^0.23+/-0.02^, and M{prop.to}T^1.9+/-0.2^. The estimated intrinsic scatter in the M-L relation for the combined sample is reduced to {sigma}_log(M|L)_=0.10, from {sigma}_log(M|L)_=0.26 with the original ROSAT measurements. We also find an intrinsic scatter for the T-L relation, {sigma}_log(T|L)_=0.07+/-0.01.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/645/A74
- Title:
- XMM-Newton spectral-fit redshift catalogue
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/645/A74
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Since its launch in 1999, the XMM-Newton mission has compiled the largest catalogue of serendipitous X-ray sources, with the 3XMM being the third version of this catalogue. This is because of the combination of a large effective area (5000cm^2^ at 1keV) and a wide field of view (30 arcmin). The 3XMM-DR6 catalogue contains about 470000 unique X-ray sources over an area of 982deg^2^. A significant fraction of these (100178 sources) have reliable optical, near/mid-IR counterparts in the SDSS, PANSTARRS, VIDEO, UKIDSS and WISE surveys. In a previous paper we have presented photometric redshifts for these sources using the TPZ machine learning algorithm. About one fourth of these (22677) have adequate photon statistics so that a reliable X-ray spectrum can be extracted. Obviously, owing to both the X-ray counts selection and the optical counterpart constraint, the sample above is biased towards the bright sources. Here, we present XMMFITCAT-Z: a spectral fit catalogue for these sources using the Bayesian X-ray Analysis (BXA) technique. As a science demonstration of the potential of the present catalogue, we comment on the optical and mid-IR colours of the 765 X-ray absorbed sources with N_H_>10^22^cm^-2^. We show that a considerable fraction of X-ray selected AGN would not be classified as AGN following the mid-IR W1-W2 vs. W2 selection criterion. These are AGN with lower luminosities, where the contribution of the host galaxy to the MIR emission is non-negligible. Only one third of obscured AGN in X-rays present red colours or r-W2>6. Then it appears that the r-W2 criterion, often used in the literature for the selection of obscured AGN, produces very different X-ray absorbed AGN samples compared to the standard X-ray selection criteria.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/172/368
- Title:
- XMM-Newton survey in COSMOS field. IV.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/172/368
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a detailed spectral analysis of pointlike X-ray sources in the XMM-Newton COSMOS field. Our sample of 135 sources only includes those that have more than 100 net counts in the 0.3-10keV energy band and have been identified through optical spectroscopy. The majority of the sources are well described by a simple power-law model with either no absorption (76%) or a significant intrinsic, absorbing column (20%). The remaining ~4% of the sources require a more complex modeling by incorporating additional components to the power law. For sources with more than 180 net counts (bright sample), we allowed both the photon spectral index Gamma and the equivalent hydrogen column NH to be free parameters. For fainter sources, we fix Gamma to the average value and allow NH to vary. The mean spectral index of the 82 sources in the bright sample is <Gamma>=2.06+/-0.08, with an intrinsic dispersion of ~0.24. Each of these sources has fractional errors on the value of Gamma below 20%. As expected, the distribution of intrinsic absorbing column densities is markedly different between AGNs with or without broad optical emission lines. We find within our sample four type 2 QSO candidates (L_X_>10^44^erg/s, NH>10^22^cm^-2^), with a spectral energy distribution well reproduced by a composite Seyfert 2 spectrum, that demonstrates the strength of the wide-field COSMOS XMM-Newton survey to detect these rare and underrepresented sources. In addition, we have identified a Compton-thick (NH>1.5x10^24^cm^-2^) AGN at z=0.1248. Its X-ray spectrum is well fitted by a pure reflection model and a significant Fe K{alpha} line at rest-frame energy of 6.4keV.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/217/21
- Title:
- XMM-Newton survey of local OVII absorbers
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/217/21
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Highly ionized, z=0 metal absorption lines detected in the X-ray spectra of background active galactic nuclei (AGNs) provide an effective method to probe the hot (T~10^6^K) gas and its metal content in and around the Milky Way. We present an all-sky survey of the K_{alpha}_ transition of the local OVII absorption lines obtained by Voigt-profile fitting archival XMM-Newton observations. A total of 43 AGNs were selected, among which 12 are BL Lac-type AGNs, and the rest are Seyfert 1 galaxies. At above the 3{sigma} level the local OVII absorption lines were detected in 21 AGNs, among which 7 were newly discovered in this work. The sky covering fraction, defined as the ratio between the number of detections and the sample size, increases from about 40% for all targets to 100% for the brightest targets, suggesting a uniform distribution of the OVII absorbers. We correlate the line equivalent width with the Galactic coordinates and do not find any strong correlations between these quantities. Some AGNs have warm absorbers that may complicate the analysis of the local X-ray absorber since the recession velocity can be compensated by the outflow velocity, especially for nearby targets. We discuss the potential impact of warm absorbers on our analysis.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/892/102
- Title:
- XMM X-ray data of Planck ESZ galaxy clusters
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/892/102
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report the scaling relations derived by fitting the X-ray parameters determined from analyzing the XMM-Newton observations of 120 galaxy clusters in the Planck Early Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) sample spanning the redshift range of 0.059<z<0.546. We find that the slopes of all the investigated scaling relations significantly deviate from the self-similar predictions, if self-similar redshift evolution is assumed. When the redshift evolution is left free to vary, the derived slopes are more in agreement with the self-similar predictions. Relaxed clusters have on average ~30% higher X-ray luminosity than disturbed clusters at a given mass, a difference that, depending on the relative fraction of relaxed and disturbed clusters in the samples (e.g., SZ vs. X-ray selected), has a strong impact on the normalization obtained in different studies. Using the core-excised cluster luminosities reduces the scatter and brings into better agreement the L-M_tot_ and L-T relations determined for different samples. M_tot_-T, M_tot_-YX, and M_tot_-M_gas_ relations show little dependence on the dynamical state of the clusters, but the normalizations of these relations may depend on the mass range investigated. Although most of the clusters investigated in this work reside at relatively low redshift, the fits prefer values of {gamma}, the parameter accounting for the redshift evolution, different from the self-similar predictions. This suggests an evolution (<2{sigma} level, with the exception of the M_tot_-T relation) of the scaling relations. For the first time, we find significant evolution (>3{sigma}) of the M_tot_-T relation, pointing to an increase of the kinetic-to-thermal energy ratio with redshift. This is consistent with a scenario in which higher-redshift clusters are on average more disturbed than their lower-redshift counterparts.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/815/129
- Title:
- X-ray AGNs with Subaru/FMOS NIR observations
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/815/129
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We investigate the Eddington ratio distribution of X-ray-selected broad-line active galactic nuclei (AGNs) in the redshift range 1.0<z<2.2, where the number density of AGNs peaks. Combining the optical and Subaru/Fiber Multi Object Spectrograph near-infrared spectroscopy, we estimate black hole masses for broad-line AGNs in the Chandra Deep Field South (CDF-S), Extended Chandra Deep Field South (E-CDF-S), and the XMM-Newton Lockman Hole (XMM-LH) surveys. AGNs with similar black hole masses show a broad range of AGN bolometric luminosities, which are calculated from X-ray luminosities, indicating that the accretion rate of black holes is widely distributed. We find a substantial fraction of massive black holes accreting significantly below the Eddington limit at z<~2, in contrast to what is generally found for luminous AGNs at high redshift. Our analysis of observational selection biases indicates that the "AGN cosmic downsizing" phenomenon can be simply explained by the strong evolution of the comoving number density at the bright end of the AGN luminosity function, together with the corresponding selection effects. However, one might need to consider a correlation between the AGN luminosity and the accretion rate of black holes, in which luminous AGNs have higher Eddington ratios than low-luminosity AGNs, in order to understand the relatively small fraction of low-luminosity AGNs with high accretion rates in this epoch. Therefore, the observed downsizing trend could be interpreted as massive black holes with low accretion rates, which are relatively fainter than less-massive black holes with efficient accretion.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/747/10
- Title:
- X-ray and multiwavelength properties of 11 WLQs
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/747/10
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report on the X-ray and multiwavelength properties of 11 radio-quiet quasars with weak or no emission lines identified by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) with redshift z=0.4-2.5. Our sample was selected from the Plotkin et al. catalog (2010, Cat. J/AJ/139/390) of radio-quiet, weak-featured active galactic nuclei (AGNs). The distribution of relative X-ray brightness for our low-redshift weak-line quasar (WLQ) candidates is significantly different from that of typical radio-quiet quasars, having an excess of X-ray weak sources, but it is consistent with that of high-redshift WLQs. Over half of the low-redshift WLQ candidates are X-ray weak by a factor of >~5, compared to a typical SDSS quasar with similar UV/optical luminosity. These X-ray weak sources generally show similar UV emission-line properties to those of the X-ray weak quasar PHL 1811 (weak and blueshifted high-ionization lines, weak semiforbidden lines, and strong UV Fe emission); they may belong to the notable class of PHL 1811 analogs. The average X-ray spectrum of these sources is somewhat harder than that of typical radio-quiet quasars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/657/116
- Title:
- X-ray and UV parameters of radio-quiet quasars
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/657/116
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report new Chandra observations of seven optically faint, z~4 radio-quiet quasars (RQQs). We have combined these new observations with previous Chandra observations of RQQs to create a sample of 174 sources. These sources have 0.1<z<4.7, and 10^44^ergs/s<{nu}L_{nu}_(2500{AA})<10^48^ergs/s. The X-ray detection fraction is 90%.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/227/31
- Title:
- X-ray cavities from isolated gal. to clusters
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/227/31
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We perform a comprehensive study of X-ray cavities using a large sample of X-ray targets selected from the Chandra archive. The sample is selected to cover a large dynamic range including galaxy clusters, groups, and individual galaxies. Using {beta}-modeling and unsharp masking techniques, we investigate the presence of X-ray cavities for 133 targets that have sufficient X-ray photons for analysis. We detect 148 X-ray cavities from 69 targets and measure their properties, including cavity size, angle, and distance from the center of the diffuse X-ray gas. We confirm the strong correlation between cavity size and distance from the X-ray center similar to previous studies. We find that the detection rates of X-ray cavities are similar among galaxy clusters, groups and individual galaxies, suggesting that the formation mechanism of X-ray cavities is independent of environment.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/580/774
- Title:
- X-ray cluster of galaxies behind the Milky way
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/580/774
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report on the design and status of the Clusters in the Zone of Avoidance (CIZA) project, the first systematic X-ray search for clusters of galaxies behind the Milky Way. Our project, Clusters in the Zone of Avoidance (CIZA), uses X-ray data from the RASS for the initial cluster candidate selection and subsequent optical and NIR observations to confirm or refute the cluster nature of all selected candidates. We demonstrate that an X-ray survey can find galaxy clusters at low Galactic latitude where optical searches are inefficient because of massive obscuration and extinction problems. We discuss the rationale for such a survey in the context of large-scale structure studies and describe in detail the combined X-ray/optical/NIR approach used by CIZA to identify clusters of galaxies at |b|<20{deg}, a region of the sky that has traditionally been excluded from earlier cluster catalogs. So far, CIZA has identified and spectroscopically confirmed 137 galaxy clusters in what used to be the zone of avoidance; additional clusters have been confirmed in imaging observations and await spectroscopic observation. We present a catalog of the 73 X-ray brightest CIZA clusters, 53 (73%) of which are new discoveries.
