Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Scientific paper
2011-03-11
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
27 pages, 12 figures, accepted for publication by MNRAS
Scientific paper
We present a multi-waveband analysis of a 126 galaxy sub-sample of the 12 micron galaxy sample (12MGS), for which we have carried out a detailed X-ray spectral analysis of in a previous paper. We present optical activity classes and we characterise these by their X-ray, 12 um and [OIII] luminosities and by their X-ray spectral properties. Our most interesting results are: Seyfert (Sy) 1s and Sy 2s show significantly different LX distributions from each other; Sy 2s with a detection of an HBLR show a significantly higher LX than those without a detection; Sy 1s also present a significantly different L(12um) distribution from both Sy1.2-1.9s and Sy 2s; the Sy 2 fraction decreases towards high LX; X-ray indications of AGN power agree well with the optical classifications; There is X-ray evidence for the presence of an AGN in 17% of HII/AGN composites and 40% of LINERs; we advocate the use of a LX >10^41 erg/s in the X-ray selection of AGN, which gives a contamination rate of only 3% from star-forming galaxies; Sy 1s and Sy 2 have the same intrinsic {\Gamma}; in 24% of cases the absorption measured in X-rays does not correspond directly with that implied in the optical band from the visibility of the BLRs; the obscured fraction in AGN is a strong function of LX peaking at 10^42 erg/s; The average obscured and Compton thick fractions for this sample are 62\pm5% and 20\pm4% respectively, which are higher than hard X-ray and optically selected samples; we assess the use of the T ratio (FX/F[OIII]) for selecting Compton thick candidates. We conclude here that this quantity can often be unreliable due uncertainties in the extinction corrections to the [OIII] flux. These results have important impacts on AGN selection and unification and the results from the 12MGS are particularly useful as a local analogue to z=1 24 um samples.
Brightman Murray
Nandra Kirpal
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