An XMM-Newton hard X-ray survey of ultraluminous infrared galaxies (Articolo in rivista)

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  • An XMM-Newton hard X-ray survey of ultraluminous infrared galaxies (Articolo in rivista) (literal)
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  • 2003-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)
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  • Franceschini, A.; Braito, V.; Persic, M.; Della Ceca, R.; Bassani, L.; Cappi, M.; Malaguti, P.; Palumbo, G. G. C.; Risaliti, G.; Salvati, M.; Severgnini, P. (2003)
    An XMM-Newton hard X-ray survey of ultraluminous infrared galaxies
    in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (Print)
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  • Franceschini, A.; Braito, V.; Persic, M.; Della Ceca, R.; Bassani, L.; Cappi, M.; Malaguti, P.; Palumbo, G. G. C.; Risaliti, G.; Salvati, M.; Severgnini, P. (literal)
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  • ISI Web of Science (WOS) (literal)
Titolo
  • An XMM-Newton hard X-ray survey of ultraluminous infrared galaxies (literal)
Abstract
  • XMM-Newton observations of 10 ultraluminous infrared galaxies (ULIRGs) from a 200-ks mini-survey programme are reported. The aim is to investigate in hard X-rays a complete ULIRG sample selected from the bright IRAS 60-ìm catalogue. All sources are detected in X-rays, five of which for the first time. These observations confirm that ULIRGs are intrinsically faint X-ray sources, their observed X-ray luminosities being typically L2-10keV<= 1042-1043 erg s-1, whereas their bolometric (mostly infrared) luminosities are Lbol > 1045 erg s-1. In all sources we find evidence for thermal emission from hot plasma with a rather constant temperature kT~= 0.7 keV, dominating the X-ray spectra below 1 keV, and probably associated with a nuclear or circumnuclear starburst. This thermal emission appears uncorrelated with the far-infrared luminosity, suggesting that, in addition to the ongoing rate of star formation, other parameters may also affect it. The soft X-ray emission appears to be extended on a scale of ~30 kpc for Mrk 231 and IRAS 19254-7245, possible evidence of galactic superwinds. In these two sources, IRAS 20551-4250 and 23128-5919, we find evidence for the presence of hidden active galactic nuclei (AGNs), while a minor AGN contribution may be suspected also in IRAS 20100-4156. In particular, we have detected a strong (EW ~ 2 keV) Fe K line at 6.4 keV in the spectrum of IRAS 19254-7245 and a weaker one in Mrk 231, suggestive of deeply buried AGNs. For the other sources, the X-ray luminosities and spectral shapes are consistent with hot thermal plasma and X-ray binary emissions of mainly starburst origin. We find that the 2-10 keV luminosities in these sources, most probably due to high-mass X-ray binaries, are correlated with LFIR: both luminosities are good indicators of the current global star formation rate in the Galaxy. The composite nature of ULIRGs is then confirmed, with hints for a predominance of the starburst over the AGN phenomenon in these objects even when observed in hard X-rays. (literal)
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