Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/31702
Title: | Deep XMM-Newton Observations of an X-ray Weak Broad Absorption Line Quasar at z = 6.5 | Authors: | Yang, Jinyi Fan, Xiaohui Wang, Feige LANZUISI, Giorgio NANNI, RICCARDO CAPPI, MASSIMO Chartas, George DADINA, MAURO DECARLI, ROBERTO Jin, Xiangyu Keeton, Charles R. Venemans, Bram P. Walter, Fabian Wang, Ran Wu, Xue Bing Yue, Minghao Zabludoff, Ann |
Issue Date: | 2022 | Journal: | THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS | Number: | 924 | Issue: | 2 | First Page: | L25 | Abstract: | We report X-ray observations of the most distant known gravitationally lensed quasar, J0439+1634 at z = 6.52, which is also a broad absorption line (BAL) quasar, using the XMM-Newton Observatory. With a 130 ks exposure, the quasar is significantly detected as a point source at the optical position with a total of net counts using the EPIC instrument. By fitting a power law plus Galactic absorption model to the observed spectra, we obtain a spectral slope of . The derived optical-to-X-ray spectral slope a ox is , suggesting that the X-ray emission of J0439+1634 is weaker by a factor of 18 than the expectation based on its 2500 Å luminosity and the average a ox versus luminosity relationship. This is the first time that an X-ray weak BAL quasar at z > 6 has been observed spectroscopically. Its X-ray weakness is consistent with the properties of BAL quasars at lower redshift. By fitting a model including an intrinsic absorption component, we obtain intrinsic column densities of and , assuming a fixed G of 1.9 and a free G, respectively. The intrinsic rest-frame 2-10 keV luminosity is derived as (9.4-15.1) 1043 erg s-1, after correcting for lensing magnification (µ = 51.3). The absorbed power-law model fitting indicates that J0439+1634 is the highest redshift obscured quasar with a direct measurement of the absorbing column density. The intrinsic high column density absorption can reduce the X-ray luminosity by a factor of 3-7, which also indicates that this quasar could be a candidate intrinsically X-ray weak quasar. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/31702 | URL: | https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ac45f2 https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85123242963 |
ISSN: | 2041-8205 | DOI: | 10.3847/2041-8213/ac45f2 | Fulltext: | open |
Appears in Collections: | 1.01 Articoli in rivista |
Files in This Item:
File | Description | Size | Format | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Yang_2022_ApJL_924_L25.pdf | Pdf editoriale | 620.8 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
Page view(s)
40
checked on Sep 11, 2024
Download(s)
8
checked on Sep 11, 2024
Google ScholarTM
Check
Altmetric
Altmetric
Items in DSpace are published in Open Access, unless otherwise indicated.