Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2001-01-30
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
27 pages (draft format), 10 figures, ApJ, in press (May 20 edition)
Scientific paper
10.1086/321351
We present BeppoSAX observations of the Southern S1 region in the European Large Area ISO Survey (ELAIS). These observations cover an area of ~1.7 sq. deg. and reach an on-axis (~0.7 sq. deg) 2-10 keV (HX) sensitivity of ~10E-13 cgs. This is the first HX analysis of an ISOCAM survey. We detect 9 sources with a signal to noise ratio SNR_HX>3, 4 additional sources with a 1.3 to 10 keV (T) SNR_T>3 and 2 additional sources which appear to be associated with QSOs with SNR_T>2.9. The number densities of the SNR_HX>3 sources are consistent with the ASCA and BeppoSAX logN-logS functions. Six BeppoSAX sources have reliable ISOCAM 15 micron counterparts within ~60 arcsec. All these ISOCAM sources have optical counterparts of R<20 mags. Five of these sources have been previously optically classified giving 4 QSOs and 1 BALQSO at z=2.2. The remaining unclassified source has X-ray and photometric properties consistent with that of a nearby Seyfert galaxy. One further HX source has a 2.6sigma ISOCAM counterpart associated with a galaxy at z=0.325. If this ISOCAM source is real, the HX/MIR properties suggest either an unusual QSO or a cD cluster galaxy. We have constructed MIR and HX spectral energy distributions to compute the expected HX/MIR ratios for these classes of objects up to z=3.2 and assess the HX/MIR survey depth. The BALQSO has an observed X-ray softness ratio and HX/MIR flux ratio similar to QSOs but different to those found for low redshift BALQSOs. This difference can be explained in terms of absorption, and suggests that high redshift BALQSOs should be comparatively easy to detect in the HX band, allowing their true fraction in the high redshift QSO population to be determined (ABRIDGED).
Alexander Dave M.
Barcons Xavier
Ceca Roberto Della
Ciliegi Paolo
Danese Lugi
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