Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2001-11-20
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
AJ accepted, 17 pages, includes emulateapj5.sty. This version includes a black and white Figure 1. The version of the paper wi
Scientific paper
10.1086/338852
The multi-wavelength properties of Very Red Objects (VROs; I-K>=4) are largely unknown as many of these sources are optically faint (I>=24) and undetected at most wavelengths. Here we provide constraints on the X-ray properties of VROs using the 1 Ms Chandra exposure of an 8.4'x8.4' region within the Hawaii Flanking-Field area containing the HDF-N. We find that VROs detected in the hard band (2-8 keV) have flat X-ray spectral slopes (Gamma ~ 0.9) and X-ray properties consistent with those expected from luminous obscured AGN. The fraction of such sources in the K<=20.1 VRO population is ~14%. Conversely, the average X-ray spectral slope of VROs detected in the soft band (0.5-2 keV) but not in the hard band is comparatively steep (Gamma>1.4), and the X-ray emission from these sources is consistent with that expected from less energetic processes (i.e., star formation, low-luminosity AGN activity, normal elliptical galaxy emission); star-formation and low-luminosity AGN activity scenarios are favored in those sources with irregular optical morphologies. Stacking analyses of the X-ray emission from VROs not individually detected at X-ray energies yield significant detections (>=99% confidence) in the soft band and the full band (0.5-8 keV). We find this X-ray emission is produced predominantly by the optically brightest VROs. The simplest explanation of this result is that we have detected the average X-ray emission from non-active VROs with low X-ray-to-optical flux ratios [log(FX/FI) ~ -2]; this is consistent with that expected if the majority of these VROs are ~ M* elliptical galaxies. A number of VROs are also detected with mid-IR (15um) and radio emission, and we provide constraints on the nature of this emission.
Alexander Dave M.
Bauer Franz Erik
Brandt Wiliam N.
Garmire Gordon P.
Hornschemeier Ann Elizabeth
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