- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/445/1430
- Title:
- C-COSMOS & ChaMP X-ray-selected z>3 AGNs
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/445/1430
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present results from an analysis of the largest high-redshift (z>3) X-ray-selected active galactic nucleus (AGN) sample to date, combining the Chandra Cosmological Evolution Survey and Chandra Multi-wavelength Project surveys and doubling the previous samples. The sample comprises 209 X-ray-detected AGNs, over a wide range of rest-frame 2-10keV luminosities logLX=43.3-46.0erg/s. X-ray hardness rates show that ~39 per cent of the sources are highly obscured, N_H_>10^22^cm^-2^, in agreement with the ~37 per cent of type-2 AGNs found in our sample based on their optical classification. For ~26 per cent of objects have mismatched optical and X-ray classifications. Utilizing the 1/Vmax method, we confirm that the comoving space density of all luminosity ranges of AGNs decreases with redshift above z>3 and up to z~7. With a significant sample of AGNs (N=27) at z>4, it is found that both source number counts in the 0.5-2keV band and comoving space density are consistent with the expectation of a luminosity-dependent density evolution (LDDE) model at all redshifts, while they exclude the luminosity and density evolution (LADE) model. The measured comoving space density of type-1 and type-2 AGNs shows a constant ratio between the two types at z>3. Our results for both AGN types at these redshifts are consistent with the expectations of LDDE model.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/135/1505
- Title:
- CDFs AGNs X-ray power-law photon index
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/135/1505
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present results from a statistical analysis of 173 bright radio-quiet active galactic nuclei (AGNs) selected from the Chandra Deep Field-North and Chandra Deep Field-South surveys (hereafter, CDFs) in the redshift range of 0.1<~<~4. We find that the X-ray power-law photon index ({Gamma}) of radio-quiet AGNs is correlated with their 2-10keV rest-frame X-ray luminosity (LX) at the >99.5% confidence level in two redshift bins: 0.3~<z~<0.96, and 1.5~<z~<3.3 and is slightly less significant in the redshift bin 0.96~<z~<1.5.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/179/19
- Title:
- CDFS survey: 2 Ms source catalogs
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/179/19
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present point-source catalogs for the ~2Ms exposure of the Chandra Deep Field-South (CDF-S) this is one of the two most sensitive X-ray surveys ever performed. The survey covers an area of ~436arcmin^2^ and reaches on-axis sensitivity limits of ~1.9x10^-17^ and ~1.3x10^-16^ergs/cm^2^/s for the 0.5-2.0 and 2-8keV bands, respectively. Four hundred and sixty-two X-ray point sources are detected in at least one of three X-ray bands that were searched; 135 of these sources are new compared to the previous ~1Ms CDF-S detections. Source positions are determined using centroid and matched-filter techniques; the median positional uncertainty is ~0.36". The X-ray-to-optical flux ratios of the newly detected sources indicate a variety of source types; ~55% of them appear to be active galactic nuclei, while ~45% appear to be starburst and normal galaxies. In addition to the main Chandra catalog, we provide a supplementary catalog of 86 X-ray sources in the ~2Ms CDF-S footprint that was created by merging the ~250ks Extended Chandra Deep Field-South with the CDF-S this approach provides additional sensitivity in the outer portions of the CDF-S. A second supplementary catalog that contains 30 X-ray sources was constructed by matching lower significance X-ray sources to bright optical counterparts (R<23.8) the majority of these sources appear to be starburst and normal galaxies. The total number of sources in the main and supplementary catalogs is 578. Optical R-band counterparts and basic optical and infrared photometry are provided for the X-ray sources in the main and supplementary catalogs. We also include existing spectroscopic redshifts for 224 of the X-ray sources.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/171/1
- Title:
- Census of QSOs Narrow Absorption Lines
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/171/1
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We use Keck HIRES spectra of 37 optically bright quasars at z=2-4 to study narrow absorption lines that are intrinsic to the quasars (intrinsic NALs, produced in gas that is physically associated with the quasar central engine). We identify 150 NAL systems, which contain 124 CIV, 12 NV, and 50 SiIV doublets, of which 18 are associated systems (within 5000km/s of the quasar redshift). We use partial coverage analysis to separate intrinsic NALs from NALs produced in cosmologically intervening structures. We find 39 candidate intrinsic systems (28 reliable determinations and 11 that are possibly intrinsic). We estimate that 10%-17% of CIV systems at blueshifts of 5000-70000km/s relative to quasars are intrinsic. At least 32% of quasars contain one or more intrinsic CIV NALs. Considering NV and SiIV doublets showing partial coverage as well, at least 50% of quasars host intrinsic NALs.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/131/1236
- Title:
- Central black holes of spiral galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/131/1236
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Central black hole masses for 117 spiral galaxies representing morphological stages S0/a through Sc and taken from the large spectroscopic survey of Ho et al. (Cat. <J/ApJS/112/315>) are derived using Ks-band data from the Two Micron All Sky Survey. Black hole masses are found using a calibrated black hole-Ks bulge luminosity relation, while bulge luminosities are measured by means of a two-dimensional bulge-disk decomposition routine.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/175/97
- Title:
- CGRaBS: survey of {gamma}-ray blazar candidates
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/175/97
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We describe a uniform all-sky survey of bright blazars, selected primarily by their flat radio spectra, that is designed to provide a large catalog of likely {gamma}-ray active galactic nuclei (AGNs). The defined sample has 1625 targets with radio and X-ray properties similar to those of the EGRET blazars, spread uniformly across the |^b^|>10{deg} sky. We also report progress toward optical characterization of the sample; of objects with known R<23, 85% have been classified and 81% have measured redshifts. One goal of this program is to focus attention on the most interesting (e.g., high-redshift, high-luminosity, ...) sources for intensive multiwavelength study during the observations by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on GLAST.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/877/5
- Title:
- Chandra DF obscured & Compton-thick AGNs. I. Variability
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/877/5
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a detailed X-ray spectral analysis of 1152 active galactic nuclei (AGNs) selected in the Chandra Deep Fields (CDFs), in order to identify highly obscured AGNs (N_H_>10^23^cm^-2^). By fitting spectra with physical models, 436 (38%) sources with L_X_>10^42^erg/s are confirmed to be highly obscured, including 102 Compton-thick (CT) candidates. We propose a new hardness ratio measure of the obscuration level that can be used to select highly obscured AGN candidates. The completeness and accuracy of applying this method to our AGNs are 88% and 80%, respectively. The observed log N-log S relation favors cosmic X-ray background models that predict moderate (i.e., between optimistic and pessimistic) CT number counts. Nineteen percent (6/31) of our highly obscured AGNs that have optical classifications are labeled as broad-line AGNs, suggesting that, at least for part of the AGN population, the heavy X-ray obscuration is largely a line-of-sight effect, i.e., some high column density clouds on various scales (but not necessarily a dust-enshrouded torus) along our sight line may obscure the compact X-ray emitter. After correcting for several observational biases, we obtain the intrinsic N_H_ distribution and its evolution. The CT/highly obscured fraction is roughly 52% and is consistent with no evident redshift evolution. We also perform long-term (~17yr in the observed frame) variability analyses for 31 sources with the largest number of counts available. Among them, 17 sources show flux variabilities: 31% (5/17) are caused by the change of N_H_, 53% (9/17) are caused by the intrinsic luminosity variability, 6% (1/17) are driven by both effects, and 2 are not classified owing to large spectral fitting errors.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/656/A117
- Title:
- Chandra J1030 Redshift identification
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/656/A117
- Date:
- 22 Feb 2022
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We publicly release the spectroscopic and photometric redshift catalog of the sources detected with Chandra in the field of the z=6.3 quasar SDSS J1030+0525. This is currently the fifth deepest X-ray field, and reaches a 0.5-2keV flux limit f_0.5-2_=6x10^-17^erg/s/cm^2^. By using two independent methods, we measure a photometric redshift for 243 objects, while 123 (51%) sources also have a spectroscopic redshift, 110 of which coming from an INAF-Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) Strategic Program. We use the spectroscopic redshifts to determine the quality of the photometric ones, and find it in agreement with that of other X-ray surveys which used a similar number of photometric data-points. In particular, we measure a sample normalized median absolute deviation sigma_NMAD_=1.48xmedia(||z_phot_-z_spec_||/(1+z_spec_)=0.065. We use these new spectroscopic and photometric redshifts to study the properties of the Chandra J1030 field. We observe several peaks in our spectroscopic redshift distribution between z=0.15 and z=1.5, and find that the sources in each peak are often distributed across the whole Chandra field of view. This evidence confirms that X-ray selected AGN can efficiently track large-scale structures over physical scales of several Mpc. Finally, we computed the Chandra J1030 z>3 number counts: while the spectroscopic completeness at high-redshift of our sample is limited, our results point towards a potential source excess at z>=4, which we plan to either confirm or reject in the near future with dedicated spectroscopic campaigns.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/644/829
- Title:
- Chandra normal galaxies at intermediate redshift
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/644/829
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have investigated 136 Chandra extragalactic sources, including 93 galaxies with narrow emission lines (NELGs) and 43 with only absorption lines (ALGs). Based on fX/fO, LX, X-ray spectral hardness, and optical emission-line diagnostics, we have conservatively classified 36 normal galaxies and 71 AGNs. Their redshift ranges from 0.01 to 1.2, with normal galaxies in the range z=0.01-0.3. Our normal galaxies appear to share characteristics with local galaxies, as expected from the X-ray binary populations and the hot interstellar matter (ISM). In conjunction with normal galaxies found in other surveys, we found no statistically significant evolution in LX/LB, within the limited z range (<~0.1).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/PASJ/57/135
- Title:
- Chandra observation of NGC 2146
- Short Name:
- J/PASJ/57/135
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present six monitoring observations of the starburst galaxy NGC 2146 using the Chandra X-ray Observatory. We detected 67 point sources in the field of view of the ACIS-S detector. Six of these sources were Ultra-Luminous X-ray Sources, the brightest of which had a luminosity of 5x10^39^erg/s. One of them, with a luminosity of ~1x10^39^erg/s, is coincident with the dynamical center location, which may be a low-luminosity active galactic nucleus. We have produced a table where the positions and main characteristics of the detected sources are reported. A comparison between the positions of the X-ray sources and those detected in NIR or radio indicates no definite counterpart. We have derived a logN-logS relation and a luminosity function. The luminosity function has a slope of 0.71 above a detection limit, which is similar to those found in other starburst galaxies. Diffuse emissions were detected in both soft (0.5-2.0keV) and hard (2.0-10.0keV) energy bands. The spectra of the diffuse component were fitted with two (hard and soft) components. The hard power-law component, with a luminosity of ~4x10^39^erg/s, is likely to have originated by unresolved point sources.
