ASCA observations of deep ROSAT fields IV.IR and hard X-ray observations of an obscured high-redshift QSO

Details ASCA observations of deep ROSAT fields IV.IR and hard X-ray observations of an obscured high-redshift QSO ASCA observations of deep ROSAT fields IV.IR and hard X-ray observations of an obscured high-redshift QSO

1998-10-26

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9810413v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

7 pages, to appear in MNRAS

Scientific paper

10.1046/j.1365-8711.1999.02389.x

We use UKIRT and ASCA observations to determine the nature of a high redshift (z=2.35) narrow-line AGN, previously discovered by Almaini et al. (1995). The UKIRT observations show a broad Halpha line while no Hbeta line is detected. This together with the red colour (B-K=5.4) suggest that our object is a moderately obscured QSO (Av>3), in optical wavelengths. The ASCA data suggest a hard spectrum, probably due to a large obscuring column, with a photon index of 1.93 (+0.62, -0.46), NH~10^23. The combined ASCA and ROSAT data again suggest a heavily obscured spectrum (NH~10^23 or Av~100). In this picture, the ROSAT soft X-ray emission may arise from electron scattering, in a similar fashion to local Seyfert 1.9. Then, there is a large discrepancy between the moderate reddening witnessed by the IR and the large X-ray absorbing column. This could be possibly explained on the basis of e.g. high gas metallicities or assuming that the X-ray absorbing column is inside the dust sublimation radius. An alternative explanation can be obtained when we allow for variability between the ROSAT and ASCA observations. Then the best fit spectrum is still flat, 1.35 (+0.16, -0.14), but with low intrinsic absorption in better agreement with the IR data, while the ROSAT normalization is a factor of two below the ASCA normalization. This object may be one of the bright examples of a type-II QSO population at high redshift, previously undetected in optical surveys. The hard X-ray spectrum of this object suggests that such a population could make a substantial contribution to the X-ray background.

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