Mrk 1014: An AGN Dominated ULIRG at X-rays

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2002-07-18

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0207378v1

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 336 (2002) 1143

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

5 pages incl. 3 figures, MNRAS in press

Scientific paper

10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05867.x

In this paper we report on an XMM-Newton observation of the ultraluminous infrared QSO Mrk 1014. The X-ray observation reveals a power-law dominated (photon index of about 2.2) spectrum with a slight excess in the soft energy range. AGN and starburst emission models fit the soft excess emission equally well, however, the most plausible explanation is an AGN component as the starburst model parameter, temperature and luminosity, appear physically unrealistic. The mean luminosity of Mrk 1014 is about 2 times 10^44 erg s^-1. We have also observed excess emission at energies greater than 5 keV. This feature could be attributed to a broadened and redshifted iron complex, but deeper observations are required to constrain its origin. The light curve shows small scale variability over the 11 ks observation. There is no evidence of intrinsic absorption in Mrk 1014. The X-ray observations support the notion of an AGN dominated central engine. We establish the need for a longer observation to constrain more precisely the nature of the X-ray components.

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