Detection of X-ray Emission from Gravitationally Lensed Submillimeter Sources in the Field of Abell 370

Details Detection of X-ray Emission from Gravitationally Lensed Submillimeter Sources in the Field of Abell 370 Detection of X-ray Emission from Gravitationally Lensed Submillimeter Sources in the Field of Abell 370

2000-08-02

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0008050v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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10.1086/317272

We report the detection by Chandra of SMM J02399-0134 and SMM J02399-0136, two distant (z=1.06 and z=2.81, respectively) submillimeter sources gravitationally magnified by the galaxy cluster Abell 370. These are high-significance (> 7-sigma) X-ray detections of the high-redshift submillimeter source population. The X-ray positions are coincident with the optical positions to within one arcsecond. The X-ray spectra, while of low signal-to-noise ratio, are quite hard. Absorbed power law models with fixed photon indices of $\Gamma=2.0$ imply local absorbing columns $>2 \times 10^{23}$ cm$^{-2}$ and unabsorbed luminosities $>10^{44}$ erg s$^{-1}$ in both sources. These results imply that nuclear activity is responsible for the bulk of the luminosity in SMM J02399-0134, and for at least 20% of the luminosity of SMM J02399-0136, consistent with previous optical observations. We also place an upper limit on the X-ray flux of a third submillimeter source, SMM J02400-0134. Considered together with previously published Chandra upper limits on X-ray flux from submillimeter sources, our results imply that $20^{+30}_{-16}$ % of submillimeter sources exhibit X-ray emission from AGN (90% confidence), consistent with expectations of their contribution to the diffuse X-ray background.

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