Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jan 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011aas...21714228h&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #217, #142.28; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
The goals of our study were to analyze two odd AGN sources, NVSS 193013+341047 and IRAS 05218-1212, and determine if they were Compton-thick and low-redshift ERO analogs. The sources are strange because initial Swift XRT data lead us to believe the sources could be Compton-thick, typical of Seyfert 2 galaxies but they have broadlines in their optical spectra, typical of Seyfert 1 galaxies. These are two contradictory categorizations which made these sources very unique. In addition to the puzzling spectra, their SEDs are similar to the SED of a high redshift ERO and unlike things we typically see at their lower redshift. In order to study these sources further, we acquired and reduced higher quality XMM-Newton X-ray data. We then modeled the two spectra using XSPEC and learned that both sources had many complex components. From the higher quality data, we determined that they were heavily obscured, but not to the point of being considered Compton-thick. Both of the spectral fit models were heavily dependent on partial covering and reflection models. We found very high covering fractions and high column densities in both of our models, which was consistent with the galaxies being heavily obscured as we initially assumed. Further, we believe that future study of the sources as low-redshift ERO analogs can assist in better understanding of the early universe EROs we often see. If further study confirms the analogous relationship, these sources provide a great opportunity to add to our scientific knowledge about ERO evolution.
Hogg James
Winter Lars
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