Y.Q. Xue
Tracking down the source population responsible for the unresolved cosmic 6-8 keV background
Xue, Y.Q.; Wang, S.X.; Brandt, W.N.; Luo, B.; Alexander, D.M.; Bauer, F.E.; Comastri, A.; Fabian, A.C.; Gilli, R.; Lehmer, B.D.; Schneider, D.P.; Vignali, C.; Young, M.
Authors
S.X. Wang
W.N. Brandt
B. Luo
Professor David Alexander d.m.alexander@durham.ac.uk
Professor
F.E. Bauer
A. Comastri
A.C. Fabian
R. Gilli
B.D. Lehmer
D.P. Schneider
C. Vignali
M. Young
Abstract
Using the 4 Ms Chandra Deep Field-South (CDF-S) survey, we have identified a sample of 6845 X-ray-undetected galaxies that dominates the unresolved ≈20%-25% of the 6-8 keV cosmic X-ray background (XRB). This sample was constructed by applying mass and color cuts to sources from a parent catalog based on GOODS-South Hubble Space Telescope z-band imaging of the central 6'radius area of the 4 Ms CDF-S. The stacked 6-8 keV detection is significant at the 3.9σ level, but the stacked emission was not detected in the 4-6 keV band, which indicates the existence of an underlying population of highly obscured active galactic nuclei (AGNs). Further examinations of these 6845 galaxies indicate that the galaxies on the top of the blue cloud and with redshifts of 1 <~ z <~ 3, magnitudes of 25 <~ z 850 <~ 28, and stellar masses of 2 × 108 <~ M sstarf/M ⊙ <~ 2 × 109 make the majority contributions to the unresolved 6-8 keV XRB. Such a population is seemingly surprising given that the majority of the X-ray-detected AGNs reside in massive (gsim 1010 M ⊙) galaxies. We discuss constraints upon this underlying AGN population, supporting evidence for relatively low mass galaxies hosting highly obscured AGNs, and prospects for further boosting the stacked signal.
Citation
Xue, Y., Wang, S., Brandt, W., Luo, B., Alexander, D., Bauer, F., …Young, M. (2012). Tracking down the source population responsible for the unresolved cosmic 6-8 keV background. Astrophysical Journal, 758(2), Article 129. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/758/2/129
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Oct 1, 2012 |
Deposit Date | Apr 8, 2013 |
Publicly Available Date | Dec 23, 2013 |
Journal | Astrophysical Journal |
Print ISSN | 0004-637X |
Electronic ISSN | 1538-4357 |
Publisher | American Astronomical Society |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 758 |
Issue | 2 |
Article Number | 129 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/758/2/129 |
Keywords | Diffuse radiation, Galaxies, Active, Surveys, X-rays, Diffuse background. |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1488469 |
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