Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1998-08-25
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
23 pages of text, 3 figures, to appear in Jan 10 (1999) issue of The Astrophysical Journal
Scientific paper
10.1086/306611
The Parkes Half-Jansky Flat Spectrum Sample contains a large number of sources with unusually red optical-to-near-infrared continua. If this is to be interpreted as extinction by dust in the line-of-sight, then associated material might also give rise to absorption in the soft X-ray regime. This hypothesis is tested using broadband (0.1-2.4 keV) data from the {\it ROSAT} All-Sky Survey provided by Siebert et al. (1998). Significant ($>3\sigma$ confidence level) correlations between optical (and near-infrared)--to--soft X-ray continuum slope and optical extinction are found in the data, consistent with absorption by material with metallicity and a range in gas-to-dust ratio as observed in the local ISM. Under this simple model, the soft X-rays are absorbed at a level consistent with the range of extinctions ($0< A_{V}< 6$ magnitudes) implied by the observed optical reddening. Excess X-ray absorption by warm (ionised) gas, (ie. a `warm absorber') is not required.
Drinkwater Michael. J.
Masci Frank J.
Webster Rachel L.
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