NUCLEAR X-RAY PROPERTIES OF THE PECULIAR RADIO-LOUD HIDDEN AGN 4C+29.30
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 (United States)
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, JAXA, 3-1-1 Yoshinodai, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 229-8510 (Japan)
- Astronomical Observatory, Jagiellonian University, ul. Orla 171, 30-244 Krakow (Poland)
We present results from a study of nuclear emission from a nearby radio galaxy, 4C+29.30, over a broad 0.5-200 keV X-ray band. This study used new XMM-Newton ({approx}17 ks) and Chandra ({approx}300 ks) data, and archival Swift/BAT data from the 58 month catalog. The hard (>2 keV) X-ray spectrum of 4C+29.30 can be decomposed into an intrinsic hard power law ({Gamma} {approx} 1.56) modified by a cold absorber with an intrinsic column density N {sub H,z} {approx} 5 Multiplication-Sign 10{sup 23} cm{sup -2}, and its reflection (|{Omega}/2{pi}| {approx} 0.3) from a neutral matter including a narrow iron K{alpha} emission line at a rest-frame energy {approx}6.4 keV. The reflected component is less absorbed than the intrinsic one with an upper limit on the absorbing column of N {sup refl} {sub H,z} < 2.5 Multiplication-Sign 10{sup 22} cm{sup -2}. The X-ray spectrum varied between the XMM-Newton and Chandra observations. We show that a scenario invoking variations of the normalization of the power law is favored over a model with variable intrinsic column density. X-rays in the 0.5-2 keV band are dominated by diffuse emission modeled with a thermal bremsstrahlung component with temperature {approx}0.7 keV, and contain only a marginal contribution from the scattered power-law component. We hypothesize that 4C+29.30 belongs to a class of 'hidden' active galactic nuclei containing a geometrically thick torus. However, unlike the majority of hidden AGNs, 4C+29.30 is radio-loud. Correlations between the scattering fraction and Eddington luminosity ratio, and between black hole mass and stellar velocity dispersion, imply that 4C+29.30 hosts a black hole with {approx}10{sup 8} M {sub Sun} mass.
- OSTI ID:
- 22086539
- Journal Information:
- Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 758, 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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