M. Polletta et al. 2007 ApJ 663 81 doi:10.1086/518113
Spectral Energy Distributions of Hard X-Ray Selected Active Galactic Nuclei in the XMM-Newton Medium Deep Survey
FREE ISSUEM. Polletta1, M. Tajer2,3, L. Maraschi2, G. Trinchieri2, C. J. Lonsdale1, L. Chiappetti4, S. Andreon2, M. Pierre5, O. Le Fèvre6, G. Zamorani7, D. Maccagni4, O. Garcet8, J. Surdej8, A. Franceschini9, D. Alloin5, D. L. Shupe10, J. A. Surace10, F. Fang10, M. Rowan-Robinson11, H. E. Smith1 and L. Tresse6
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We present the SEDs of a hard X-ray selected sample containing 136 sources with F2-10 keV > 10-14 erg cm-2 s-1; 132 are AGNs. The sources are detected in a 1 deg2 area of the XMM-Newton Medium Deep Survey where optical data from the VVDS and CFHTLS and infrared data from the SWIRE survey are available. Based on a SED fitting technique we derive photometric redshifts with σ(1 + z) = 0.11 and 6% of outliers and identify AGN signatures in 83% of the objects. This fraction is higher than derived when a spectroscopic classification is available. The remaining 17
% of AGNs show star-forming galaxy SEDs (SF class). The sources with AGN signatures are divided in two classes, AGN1 (33
%) and AGN2 (50
%). The AGN1 and AGN2 classes include sources whose SEDs are fitted by type 1 and type 2 AGN templates, respectively. On average, AGN1s show soft X-ray spectra, consistent with being unabsorbed, while AGN2s and SFs show hard X-ray spectra, consistent with being absorbed. The analysis of the average SEDs as a function of X-ray luminosity shows a reddening of the infrared SEDs, consistent with a decreasing contribution from the host galaxy at higher luminosities. The AGNs in the SF classes are likely obscured in the mid-infrared, as suggested by their low L3-20 μm/L
ratios. We confirm the previously found correlation for AGNs between the radio luminosity and the X-ray and the mid-infrared luminosities. The X-ray-radio correlation can be used to identify heavily absorbed AGNs. However, the estimated radio fluxes for the missing AGN population responsible for the bulk of the background at E > 10 keV are too faint to be detected even in the deepest current radio surveys.
- Subject headings
galaxies: active; infrared: galaxies; quasars: general; X-rays: galaxies
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Issue 1 (2007 July 1)
Received 2006 November 15, accepted for publication 2007 March 2
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Spectral Energy Distributions of Hard X-Ray Selected Active Galactic Nuclei in the XMM-Newton Medium Deep Survey
M. Polletta et al. 2007 ApJ 663 81
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