XMM-Newton observations of two hyperluminous IRAS galaxies: Compton-thick quasars with obscuring starbursts

Details XMM-Newton observations of two hyperluminous IRAS galaxies: Compton-thick quasars with obscuring starbursts XMM-Newton observations of two hyperluminous IRAS galaxies: Compton-thick quasars with obscuring starbursts

2002-11-08

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0211166v1

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.338:L19,2003

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

5 pages, 3 figures; to be published in MNRAS

Scientific paper

10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06113.x

We present XMM-Newton observations of two hyperluminous IRAS galaxies (L_Bol>1E13 L_sun), neither of which was previously detected by ROSAT. Published models of the infrared SEDs imply that a starburst and obscured quasar contribute equally to the power of each source. IRAS F12514+1027 (z=0.30) is detected in 18.6 ks with 130 EPIC-pn counts over 0.2-12 keV. The soft X-ray spectrum exhibits thermal emission from the starburst, with T=0.3 keV and L(0.5-2.0keV)=2.1E42 erg/s. With its Fe K-edge, the flat continuum above 2 keV is interpreted as cold reflection from a hidden AGN with an intrinsic L(2-10keV) of at least 1.8E44 erg/s. Comparison with the infrared power requires that the X-ray reflector subtend ~2pi/5 sr at the central engine. IRAS F00235+1024 (z=0.575) is not detected by the EPIC-pn in 15.9 ks; the limits imply that the starburst is X-ray weak, and (for the AGN) that any hard X-ray reflector subtend <2pi/5 sr. The direct lines of sight to the AGN in both objects are Compton-thick, and the presence of a reflection component in F12514+1027, but not in F00235+1024, suggests that the AGN in the latter object is more completely obscured. This is consistent with their Seyfert-2 and starburst optical spectra, respectively.

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