The XMM-Newton/2dF survey - II. The nature of X-ray faint optically bright X-ray sources

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2003-11-27

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0311609v1

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.349:135,2004

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

MNRAS accepted

Scientific paper

10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07465.x

In this paper we investigate the properties of low X-ray-to-optical flux ratio sources detected in a wide area (2.5deg^2) shallow (f(0.5-8keV)~10e-14cgs) XMM-Newton survey. We find a total of 26 sources (5% of the total X-ray selected population) with log f_X/f_{opt}<-0.9 to the above flux limit. Optical spectroscopy is available for 20 of these low X-ray-to-optical flux ratio objects. Most of them are found to be associated with Galactic stars (total of 8) and broad line AGNs (total of 8).We also find two sources with optical spectra showing absorption and/or narrow emission lines and X-ray/optical properties suggesting AGN activity. Another two sources are found to be associated with low redshift galaxies with narrow emission line optical spectra, X-ray luminosities L_X(0.5-8keV)~10e41cgs and logf_X/f_opt ~ -2 suggesting `normal' star-forming galaxies. Despite the small number statistics the sky density of `normal' X-ray selected star-forming galaxies at the flux limit of the present sample is low consistent with previous ROSAT HRI deep surveys. Also, the number density estimated here is in good agreement with both the logN-logS of `normal' galaxies in the Chandra Deep Field North (extrapolated to bright fluxes) and model predictions based on the X-ray luminosity function of local star-forming galaxies.

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