Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-06-04
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Latex, 19 pages, 9 figures, accepted by Astrophys. J
Scientific paper
10.1086/309516
We analyze the 0.5-10 keV spectra of six Seyfert 2 galaxies observed with the X-ray satellite ASCA: Mrk 3, Mrk 348, Mrk 1210, Mrk 477, NGC 7212, and Was 49b. These galaxies were selected based on their possession of optical polarized broad lines. In the 2-10 keV band, their spectra are heavily absorbed, with 2-10 keV absorption-corrected X-ray luminosities ranging from 10^{42} to 10^{43} erg/s. The observed X-ray emission is generally only about one tenth that predicted based on their known infrared and H_beta luminosities. This apparent X-ray weakness can be understood if a considerable fraction of the nuclear activity is completely blocked from view by thick matter along our line of sight to the nucleus. All of these galaxies possess significant soft X-ray emission whose origin appears to be scattered light from their nuclear emission. Based on this hypothesis, we estimate a typical scattering efficiency for X-rays to be about 10%. This efficiency is larger than the few % found for ordinary Seyfert 2 galaxies with no report of optical polarized broad lines. A large scattering efficiency is best explained by an apparent weakness of the hard X-ray luminosity rather than unusually strong scattered light in the soft band. The difference of the apparent weakness is probably associated with viewing angle.
Awaki Hisamitsu
Taniguchi Yoshiaki
Ueno Shiro
Weaver Kimberly A.
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