Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-07-27
Astrophys.J.633:86-104,2005; Erratum-ibid.642:615,2006
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
22 pages, 11 figures. Paper excepted for publication by ApJ in November
Scientific paper
10.1086/449304
We present archival high resolution X-ray imaging observations of 25 nearby LINERs observed by ACIS on board Chandra. This sample builds on our previously published proprietary and archival X-ray observations, and includes the complete set of LINERs with published black hole masses and FIR luminosities that have been observed by Chandra. Of the 82 LINERs observed by Chandra, 41 (50%) display hard nuclear cores consistent with an AGN. The nuclear 2-10 keV luminosities of these AGN-LINERs range from ~ 2 X 10^38 ergs s^-1 to ~ 1 X 10^44 ergs s^-1. Reinforcing our previous work, we find a significant correlation between the Eddington ratio, L bol/LEdd, and the far-IR (FIR) luminosity, LFIR, as well as the IR brightness ratio, LFIR/LB in the host galaxy of AGN-LINERs that extends over seven orders of magnitude in Lbol/LEdd. Combining our AGN-LINER sample with galaxies from other AGN subclasses, we find that this correlation is reinforced in the full sample of 129 AGN, extending over almost nine orders of magnitude in Lbol/LEdd. Using archival and previously published observations of the 6.2 mm PAH feature from the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO), we find that it is unlikely that dust heating by the AGN dominates the FIR luminosity in our sample of AGN. Our results may therefore imply a fundamental link between the mass accretion rate (Mdot), as measured by the Eddington ratio, and the star formation rate (SFR), as measured by the FIR luminosity.
Dudik Rachel P.
Gliozzi Mario
O'Halloran Brian
Satyapal Shobita
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