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| DOI | 10.3847/1538-4357/ABC342 | ||||
| Año | 2020 | ||||
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Broadband X-ray spectroscopy of the X-ray emission produced in the coronae of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) can provide important insights into the physical conditions very close to their central supermassive black holes. The temperature of the Comptonizing plasma that forms the corona is manifested through a high-energy cutoff that has been difficult to directly constrain even in the brightest AGN because it requires high-quality data at energies above 10 keV. In this paper we present a large collection of coronal cutoff constraints for obscured AGNs based on a sample of 130 AGNs selected in the hard X-ray band with Swift/BAT and observed nearly simultaneously with NuSTAR and Swift/XRT. We find that under a reasonable set of assumptions regarding partial constraints the median cutoff is well constrained to 290 20 keV, where the uncertainty is statistical and given at the 68% confidence level. We investigate the sensitivity of this result to our assumptions and find that consideration of various known systematic uncertainties robustly places the median cutoff between 240 and 340 keV. The central 68% of the intrinsic cutoff distribution is found to be between about 140 and 500 keV, with estimated uncertainties of 20 and 100 keV, respectively. In comparison with the literature, we find no clear evidence that the cutoffs in obscured and unobscured AGNs are substantially different. Our analysis highlights the importance of carefully considering partial and potentially degenerate constraints on the coronal high-energy cutoff in AGNs.
| Ord. | Autor | Género | Institución - País |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Balokovic, Mislav | Hombre |
Yale Ctr Astron & Astrophys - Estados Unidos
YALE UNIV - Estados Unidos Ctr Astrophys Harvard & Smithsonian - Estados Unidos Harvard University - Estados Unidos Yale University - Estados Unidos Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics - Estados Unidos Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science - Estados Unidos |
| 2 | Harrison, Fiona | Mujer |
CALTECH - Estados Unidos
California Institute of Technology - Estados Unidos |
| 3 | Madejski, G. | Hombre |
Universidad de Stanford - Estados Unidos
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory - Estados Unidos |
| 4 | Comastri, A. | Mujer |
INAF OAS Osservatorio Astrofis & Sci Spazio Bolog - Italia
INAF Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Bologna - Italia |
| 5 | Ricci, C. | Hombre |
Universidad Diego Portales - Chile
Peking Univ - China Peking University - China |
| 6 | Annuar, A. | - |
Univ Kebangsaan Malaysia - Malasia
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Malasia |
| 7 | Ballantyne, David R. | Hombre |
Georgia Inst Technol - Estados Unidos
California Institute of Technology - Estados Unidos Georgia Institute of Technology - Estados Unidos |
| 8 | Boorman, Peter G. | Hombre |
Univ Southampton - Reino Unido
Acad Sci - República Checa University of Southampton - Reino Unido Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic v.v.i. - República Checa |
| 9 | Brandt, William Nielsen | Hombre |
PENN STATE UNIV - Estados Unidos
Pennsylvania State University - Estados Unidos |
| 10 | Brightman, M. | Hombre |
CALTECH - Estados Unidos
California Institute of Technology - Estados Unidos |
| 11 | Gandhi, Poshak | - |
Univ Southampton - Reino Unido
University of Southampton - Reino Unido |
| 12 | Kamraj, Nikita | Hombre |
CALTECH - Estados Unidos
California Institute of Technology - Estados Unidos |
| 13 | Koss, Michael J. | Hombre |
Eureka Sci Inc - Estados Unidos
Eureka Scientific, Inc. - Estados Unidos |
| 14 | Marchesi, S. | Hombre |
INAF OAS Osservatorio Astrofis & Sci Spazio Bolog - Italia
Clemson Univ - Estados Unidos INAF Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Bologna - Italia Clemson University - Estados Unidos |
| 15 | Marinucci, A. | Mujer |
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana ASI - Italia
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana - Italia |
| 16 | Masini, A. | Hombre |
Scuola Int Super Studi Avanzati - Italia
Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati - Italia |
| 17 | Matt, G. | Hombre |
Univ Roma Tre - Italia
Università degli Studi Roma Tre - Italia |
| 18 | Stern, Daniel | Hombre |
CALTECH - Estados Unidos
Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Estados Unidos California Institute of Technology - Estados Unidos |
| 19 | Urry, C. M. | Mujer |
Yale Ctr Astron & Astrophys - Estados Unidos
Yale University - Estados Unidos |
| Fuente |
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| STFC |
| Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| John Templeton Foundation |
| Czech Science Foundation |
| ASI/INAF |
| UGC/UKIERI Thematic Partnership |
| Caltech Kingsley fellowship program |
| NuSTAR Operations, Software and Calibration teams |
| Black Hole Initiative at Harvard University |
| Ministry of Education Malaysia Fundamental Research Grant Scheme |
| YCAA Prize Postdoctoal Fellowship |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship program |
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| M.B. acknowledges support from the YCAA Prize Postdoctoal Fellowship, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship program (grant NNX14AQ07H), and support from the Black Hole Initiative at Harvard University, which is funded in part by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (grant GBMF8273) and in part by the John Templeton Foundation. A.C. and G.M. acknowledge support from the ASI/INAF grant I/037/12/0 and the Caltech Kingsley fellowship program. A.A. acknowledges financial support from Ministry of Education Malaysia Fundamental Research Grant Scheme grant code FRGS/1/2019/STG02/UKM/02/7. P.B. acknowledges financial support from the STFC and the Czech Science Foundation project No. 19-05599Y. P.G. acknowledges support from the STFC and a UGC/UKIERI Thematic Partnership.r We have made use of data from the NuSTAR mission, a project led by the California Institute of Technology, managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. We thank the NuSTAR Operations, Software and Calibration teams for support with the execution and analysis of these observations. This research has made use of the NuSTAR Data Analysis Software (NuSTARDAS) jointly developed by the Space Science Data Center (SSDC; ASI, Italy) and the California Institute of Technology (USA). Part of this work is based on archival data, software, or online services provided by the SSDC. This research has made use of the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center Online Service, provided by the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center and NASA's Astrophysics Data System. |
| We have made use of data from the NuSTAR mission, a project led by the California Institute of Technology, managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. We thank the NuSTAR Operations, Software and Calibration teams for support with the execution and analysis of these observations. This research has made use of the NuSTAR Data Analysis Software (NuSTARDAS) jointly developed by the Space Science Data Center (SSDC; ASI, Italy) and the California Institute of Technology (USA). Part of this work is based on archival data, software, or online services provided by the SSDC. This research has made use of the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center Online Service, provided by the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center and NASA's Astrophysics Data System. |