Koss, Michael J. and Glidden, Ana and Baloković, Mislav and Stern, Daniel and Lamperti, Isabella and Assef, Roberto and Bauer, Franz E. and Ballantyne, David R. and Boggs, Steven E. and Craig, William W. and Farrah, Duncan and Fürst, Felix and Gandhi, Poshak and Gehrels, Neil and Hailey, Charles J. and Harrison, Fiona A. and Markwardt, Craig and Masini, Alberto and Ricci, Claudio and Treister, Ezequiel and Walton, Dominic J. and Zhang, William W. (2016) NuSTAR Resolves the First Dual AGN Above 10 keV in SWIFT J2028.5+2543. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 824 (1). Art. No. L4. ISSN 2041-8205. doi:10.3847/2041-8205/824/1/L4. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20160601-100649101
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Abstract
We have discovered heavy obscuration in the dual active galactic nucleus (AGN)in the Swift/Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) source SWIFT J2028.5+ 2543 using Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR). While an early XMM-Newton study suggested the emission was mainly from NGC 6921, the superior spatial resolution of NuSTAR above 10 keV resolves the Swift/BAT emission into two sources associated with the nearby galaxies MCG+ 04-48-002 and NGC 6921 (z = 0.014) with a projected separation of 25.3 kpc (91′′). NuSTARʼs sensitivity above 10 keV finds both are heavily obscured to Compton-thick levels (NH≈(1–2)×1024cm −2)and contribute equally to the BAT detection (-L10 50 keV int≈ 6 × 10^(42) erg s^(−1)). The observed luminosity of both sources is severely diminished in the 2–10 keV band(< ́--LL 0.1210 keV obs 210keV int), illustrating the importance of >10 keV surveys like those with NuSTAR and Swift / BAT. Compared to rchival X-ray data, MCG+04-48-002 shows significant variability (>3)between observations. Despite being bright X-ray AGNs, they are difficult to detect using optical emission-line diagnostics because MCG +04-48-002 is identified as a starburst / composite because of the high rates of star formation from a luminous infrared galaxy while NGC 6921 is only classified as a LINER using line detection limits. SWIFT J2028.5 + 2543 is the first dual AGN resolved above 10 keV and is the second most heavily obscured dual AGN discovered to date in the X-rays other than NGC 6240.
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Additional Information: | © 2016. The American Astronomical Society. Received 2016 April 4; revised 2016 May 13; accepted 2016 May 13; published 2016 June 3. We acknowledge the Ambizione fellowship grant PZ00P2_154799/1 (MK) and the Joanna Wall Muir and the Caltech Student Faculty Program (AG). This work was supported under NASA Contract No. NNG08FD60C and made use of NuSTAR mission data, a project led by the California Institute of Technology and managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Facilities: Swift - Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission, KPNO:2.1m - , Hale - Palomar Observatory's 5.1m Hale Telescope, NuSTAR - The NuSTAR (Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array) mission, XMM - Newton X-Ray Multimirror Mission satellite, Suzaku - Suzaku (ASTRO-EII). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Subject Keywords: | galaxies: active, galaxies: individual, (NGC 6921, MCG+04-48-002), galaxies: interactions, X-rays: galaxie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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DOI: | 10.3847/2041-8205/824/1/L4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Official Citation: | Michael J. Koss et al 2016 ApJ 824 L4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Deposited By: | Deborah Miles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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