The nature of the "Composite" Seyfert/Star-forming Galaxies

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2002-12-13

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0212322v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages, 2 figures. To appear in "Carnegie Observatories Astrophysics Series, Vol. 1: Coevolution of Black Holes and Galaxies,

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We present the results obtained with BeppoSAX observations of the three Composite Seyfert/star-forming galaxies: IRAS 20051-1117, IRAS 04392-0123 and IRAS 01072+4954. These sources belong to an enigmatic class of X-ray sources detected in the ROSAT All-Sky Survey (Moran et al. 1996) which is composed of 6 low redshift galaxies. Their optical spectra are dominated by the features of HII galaxies while their X-ray luminosities (< 10^{42} ergs/s) are typical of Seyfert galaxies. IRAS 20051-1117 shows a 2-10 keV spectrum well described by a power-law with photon index = 1.9 and low intrinsic absorption. This result, the ratio Flux(2-10 keV)/Flux([OIII]) and the significant X-ray variability detected, clearly rule out a Compton thick nature of this source. IRAS 04392-0123 and IRAS 01072+4954, instead, have a BeppoSAX flux a factor of ~ 50-80 smaller than in the previous ROSAT observations, resulting in poor statistics, that prevents detailed modeling.

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