THE SWIFT BAT SURVEY DETECTS TWO OPTICAL BROAD LINE, X-RAY HEAVILY OBSCURED ACTIVE GALAXIES: NVSS 193013+341047 AND IRAS 05218-1212

Journal Article · Wed Jun 20 00:00:00 EDT 2012 · Astrophysical Journal

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/752/2/153· OSTI ID:22036978

Hogg, J Drew; Winter, Lisa M ^[1]; Mushotzky, Richard F; Reynolds, Christopher S; Trippe, Margaret ^[2]

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1. Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, University of Colorado, UCB 391, Boulder, CO 80309 (United States)
2. Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 (United States)

The Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) is discovering interesting new objects while monitoring the sky in the 14-195 keV band. Here we present the X-ray properties and spectral energy distributions (SEDs) for two unusual active galactic nucleus sources. Both NVSS 193013+341047 and IRAS 05218-1212 are absorbed, Compton-thin, but heavily obscured (N{sub H} {approx} 10{sup 23} cm{sup -2}), X-ray sources at redshifts <0.1. The SEDs reveal these galaxies to be very red, with high extinction in the optical and UV. A similar SED is seen for the extremely red objects (EROs) detected in the higher redshift universe. This suggests that these unusual BAT-detected sources are a low-redshift (z << 1) analog to EROs, which recent evidence suggests are a class of the elusive type II quasars. Studying the multi-wavelength properties of these sources may reveal the properties of their high-redshift counterparts.

• OSTI ID: 22036978
• Journal Information: Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 752, Issue 2; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0004-637X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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79 ASTROPHYSICS
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ASTROPHYSICS
ENERGY SPECTRA
GALAXY NUCLEI
GAMMA ASTRONOMY
KEV RANGE
MONITORING
QUASARS
RED SHIFT
SEYFERT GALAXIES
UNIVERSE
X RADIATION
X-RAY GALAXIES