We present the X-ray spectra of 185 bright sources detected in the XMM-Newton deep survey of the Chandra Deep Field South with the three EPIC cameras combined. The 2-10 keV flux limit of the sample is 2? ×? 10-15 erg s-1 cm-2. The sources are distributed over a redshift range of z? =? 0.1-3.8, with 11 new X-ray redshift measurements included. A spectral analysis was performed using a simple model to obtain absorbing column densities, rest-frame 2-10 keV luminosities, and Fe K line properties of 180 sources at z? > ? 0.4. Obscured AGN are found to be more abundant toward higher redshifts. Using the XMM-Newton data alone, seven Compton-thick AGN candidates were identified, which set the Compton-thick AGN fraction at ≂ 4%. An exploratory spectral inspection method with two rest-frame X-ray colours and an Fe line strength indicator was introduced and tested against the results from spectral fitting. This method works reasonably well to characterise a spectral shape and can be useful for a pre-selection of Compton-thick AGN candidates. We found six objects exhibiting broad Fe K lines out of 21 unobscured AGN of best data quality, implying a detection rate of ∼30%. Five redshift spikes, each with more than six sources, are identified in the redshift distribution of the X-ray sources. Contrary to the overall trend, the sources at the two higher redshift spikes, at z = 1.61 and z = 2.57, exhibit a puzzlingly low obscuration.
The XMM deep survey in the CDFS: XI. X-ray spectral properties of 185 bright sources / Iwasawa, K., Comastri, A., Vignali, C., Gilli, R., Lanzuisi, G., Brandt, W.N., Tozzi, P., Brusa, M., Carrera, F.J., Ranalli, P., Mainieri, V., Georgantopoulos, I., Puccetti, S., Paolillo, M.. - In: ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS. - ISSN 0004-6361. - 639:(2020), p. A51. [10.1051/0004-6361/201937246]
The XMM deep survey in the CDFS: XI. X-ray spectral properties of 185 bright sources
Paolillo M.
2020
Abstract
We present the X-ray spectra of 185 bright sources detected in the XMM-Newton deep survey of the Chandra Deep Field South with the three EPIC cameras combined. The 2-10 keV flux limit of the sample is 2? ×? 10-15 erg s-1 cm-2. The sources are distributed over a redshift range of z? =? 0.1-3.8, with 11 new X-ray redshift measurements included. A spectral analysis was performed using a simple model to obtain absorbing column densities, rest-frame 2-10 keV luminosities, and Fe K line properties of 180 sources at z? > ? 0.4. Obscured AGN are found to be more abundant toward higher redshifts. Using the XMM-Newton data alone, seven Compton-thick AGN candidates were identified, which set the Compton-thick AGN fraction at ≂ 4%. An exploratory spectral inspection method with two rest-frame X-ray colours and an Fe line strength indicator was introduced and tested against the results from spectral fitting. This method works reasonably well to characterise a spectral shape and can be useful for a pre-selection of Compton-thick AGN candidates. We found six objects exhibiting broad Fe K lines out of 21 unobscured AGN of best data quality, implying a detection rate of ∼30%. Five redshift spikes, each with more than six sources, are identified in the redshift distribution of the X-ray sources. Contrary to the overall trend, the sources at the two higher redshift spikes, at z = 1.61 and z = 2.57, exhibit a puzzlingly low obscuration.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
