An X-Ray Significantly Variable, Luminous, Type 2 Quasar at z = 2.99 with a Massive Host Galaxy

Journal
Date Issued
2024
Author(s)
Zhao, Xiurui
•
•
Ajello, Marco
•
Civano, Francesca
•
•
•
López, Iván E.
•
Boorman, Peter G.
•
Silver, Ross
•
Torres-Albà, Nuria
•
Pizzetti, Andrealuna
DOI
Abstract
We present a comprehensive X-ray analysis and spectral energy distribution (SED) fitting of WISEA J171419.96+602724.6, an extremely luminous type 2 quasar at z = 2.99. The source was suggested as a candidate Compton-thick (column density N H > 1.5×1024 cm−2) quasar by a short XMM-Newton observation in 2011. We recently observed the source with deep NuSTAR and XMM-Newton exposures in 2021 and found that the source has a lower obscuration of N H ∼ 5×1022 cm−2 with an about four times lower flux. The two epochs of observations suggested that the source was significantly variable in X-ray obscuration, flux, and intrinsic luminosity at 2σ-3σ in less than 2.5 yr (in the source rest frame). We performed SED fitting of this source using Code Investigating GALaxy Emission thanks to its great availability of multiwavelength data (from hard X-rays to radio). The source is very luminous, with a bolometric luminosity of L BOL ∼ 2.5 × 1047 erg s−1. Its host galaxy has a huge star formation rate (SFR) of ∼1280 M ☉ yr−1 and a huge stellar mass of ∼1.1 × 1012 M ☉. The correlation between the SFR and stellar mass of this source is consistent with what was measured in the high-z quasars. It is also consistent with what was measured in the main-sequence star-forming galaxies, suggesting that the presence of the active nucleus in our target does not enhance or suppress the SFR of its host galaxy. The source is an infrared hyperluminous, obscured galaxy with a significant amount of hot dust in its torus and shares many similar properties with hot, dust-obscured galaxies.
Volume
975
Issue
1
Start page
24
Uri
Url
Issn Identifier
0004-637X
Rights
open.access
File(s)
Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Name

Zhao_2024_ApJ_975_24.pdf

Description
Pdf editoriale
Size

1.07 MB

Format

Adobe PDF

Checksum (MD5)

af6f19937ecc8f4e62456f0320b3f7a4