Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-10-06
Astrophys.J. 621 (2005) 167-175
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
23 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1086/426708
We present X-ray observations of nine Weak-Line Radio Galaxies (WLRGs), optically classified as confirmed or possible Low Ionization Nuclear Emission-line Regions (LINERs). The data were taken from the Chandra, XMM, and BeppoSax archives. The Chandra images typically show complex X-ray morphologies, with hard (2-10 keV) point sources embedded in diffuse soft (0.3-2.0 keV) emission in all cases except 1246-41 (NGC 4696), where only diffuse emission is detected on the scale of the cluster, and 0334-01 (3C 15), where only a point source is detected. The nuclear X-ray spectra are well fitted at hard energies by an absorbed powerlaw, with a wide range of photon indices, Gamma=1.5-2.7. Excess absorption over the Galactic value is detected in 6/9 sources, with column densities NH approximately 10^21-22 cm^-2. A thermal component is required at softer energies, in agreement with the results of the spatial analysis. We find that there is no correlation between the core X-ray luminosity and the radio core dominance parameter, suggesting that the bulk of the core X-ray emission is not beamed, but rather is isotropic and thus likely related to the accretion flow. In an attempt to constrain the nature of the accretion flow, we calculate the ratios of bolometric to Eddington luminosities L_bol/L_Edd, and the radiative efficiency eta based on the Bondi accretion rates. We find that L_bol/L_Edd ~10^-4 - 10^-6 and eta ~10^-2 - 10^-6 for all the objects in our sample, suggesting radiatively inefficient accretion flows.
Gliozzi Mario
Rinn Alexander S.
Sambruna Rita M.
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