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Title: | The Chandra COSMOS-Legacy Survey: Source X-Ray Spectral Properties | Authors: | MARCHESI, STEFANO LANZUISI, Giorgio Civano, F. Iwasawa, K. Suh, H. COMASTRI, Andrea Zamorani, G. Allevato, V. Griffiths, R. Miyaji, T. Ranalli, P. Salvato, M. Schawinski, K. Silverman, J. Treister, E. Urry, C. M. Vignali, C. |
Issue Date: | 2016 | Journal: | THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL | Number: | 830 | Issue: | 2 | First Page: | 100 | Abstract: | We present the X-ray spectral analysis of the 1855 extragalactic sources in the Chandra COSMOS-Legacy survey catalog having more than 30 net counts in the 0.5-7 keV band. A total of 38% of the sources are optically classified type 1 active galactic nuclei (AGNs), 60% are type 2 AGNs, and 2% are passive, low-redshift galaxies. We study the distribution of AGN photon index Γ and of the intrinsic absorption {N}<SUB>{{H</SUB>},{{z}}} based on the sources’ optical classification: type 1 AGNs have a slightly steeper mean photon index Γ than type 2 AGNs, which, on the other hand, have average {N}<SUB>{{H</SUB>},{{z}}} ∼ 3 times higher than type 1 AGNs. We find that ∼15% of type 1 AGNs have {N}<SUB>{{H</SUB>},{{z}}}\gt {10}<SUP>22</SUP> cm<SUP>-2</SUP>, I.e., are obscured according to the X-ray spectral fitting; the vast majority of these sources have {L}<SUB>2{--</SUB>10{keV}} \gt 10<SUP>44</SUP> erg s<SUP>-1</SUP>. The existence of these objects suggests that optical and X-ray obscuration can be caused by different phenomena, the X-ray obscuration being, for example, caused by dust-free material surrounding the inner part of the nuclei. Approximately 18% of type 2 AGNs have {N}<SUB>{{H</SUB>},{{z}}}\lt {10}<SUP>22</SUP> cm<SUP>-2</SUP>, and most of these sources have low X-ray luminosities (L {}<SUB>2{--</SUB>10{keV}} \lt 10<SUP>43</SUP> erg s<SUP>-1</SUP>). We expect a part of these sources to be low-accretion, unobscured AGNs lacking broad emission lines. Finally, we also find a direct proportional trend between {N}<SUB>{{H</SUB>},{{z}}} and host-galaxy mass and star formation rate, although part of this trend is due to a redshift selection effect. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/26350 | URL: | https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/0004-637X/830/2/100 | ISSN: | 0004-637X | DOI: | 10.3847/0004-637X/830/2/100 | Bibcode ADS: | 2016ApJ...830..100M | Fulltext: | open |
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