X-ray Evidence for a Buried Active Galactic Nucleus in UGC 5101

Details X-ray Evidence for a Buried Active Galactic Nucleus in UGC 5101 X-ray Evidence for a Buried Active Galactic Nucleus in UGC 5101

2003-09-16

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0309425v1

Astrophys.J.596:L167-L170,2003

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

12 pages, 2 figures, Accepted for Publication in ApJL

Scientific paper

10.1086/379503

We present X-ray observations of the ultraluminous infrared galaxy, UGC 5101, thought to contain a buried active galactic nucleus (AGN) based on observations in other wavebands. We detected an absorbed hard component at >3 keV, as well as soft emission in the energy range 0.5-2 keV. The soft X-ray component, possibly due to a modestly dust-obscured, extended starburst, has an absorption-corrected 0.5-2 keV X-ray luminosity of LX(0.5-2 keV) = 1.2 * 10^41 ergs s^-1. The 0.5-2 keV X-ray to infrared luminosity ratio is a factor of 5 lower than typical values for a normal starburst, suggesting that this extended starburst is unlikely to be energetically dominant in UGC 5101. The most plausible origin of the absorbed hard component is the putative buried AGN. The 6.4 keV Fe K alpha emission line has a modest equivalent width (400 eV), suggesting that this hard component is direct emission from the AGN, rather than a scattered component. The absorption-corrected 2-10 keV X-ray luminosity of the buried AGN was estimated to be LX(2-10 keV) = 5 * 10^42 ergs s^-1. The intrinsic 2-10 keV X-ray luminosity and the 2-10 keV X-ray to infrared luminosity ratio are both comparable to values measured for Mrk 463, a Seyfert-2 galaxy of similar infrared luminosity.

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