Application of an X-Ray Clumpy Torus Model (XCLUMPY) to 10 Obscured Active Galactic Nuclei Observed with Suzaku and NuSTAR
Creators
- 1. Department of Astronomy, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502 (Japan)
- 2. Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033 (Japan)
- 3. Department of Economics, Management and Information Science, Onomichi City University, Hiroshima 722-8506 (Japan)
- 4. Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University, Miyagi 980-8578 (Japan)
Description
We apply XCLUMPY, an X-ray spectral model from a clumpy torus in an active galactic nucleus (AGN), to the broadband X-ray spectra of 10 obscured AGNs observed with both Suzaku and NuSTAR. The infrared spectra of these AGNs were analyzed by Ichikawa et al. with the CLUMPY code. Because XCLUMPY adopts the same clump distribution as that in the CLUMPY, we can directly compare the torus parameters obtained from the X-ray spectra and those from the infrared spectra. The torus angular widths determined from the infrared spectra (σ IR) are systematically larger than those from the X-ray data (σ X); the difference () correlates with the inclination angle determined from the X-ray spectrum. These results can be explained by the contribution from dusty polar outflows to the observed infrared flux, which becomes more significant at higher inclinations (more edge-on views). The ratio of the hydrogen column density to the V-band extinction in the line-of-sight absorber shows a large scatter (≃1 dex) around the Galactic value, suggesting that a significant fraction of AGNs have dust-rich circumnuclear environments.
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab96bcAdditional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Astrophysical Journal
- Journal Volume
- 897
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- [13 p.]
- ISSN
- 0004-637X
- CODEN
- ASJOAB
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 52065381
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; COSMIC DUST; DENSITY; DISTRIBUTION; GALAXY NUCLEI; HYDROGEN; INCLINATION; INFRARED SPECTRA; X-RAY SPECTRA
- Descriptors DEC
- DUSTS; ELEMENTS; EVALUATION; NONMETALS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SPECTRA