Published July 1, 2020 | Version v1
Journal article

Application of an X-Ray Clumpy Torus Model (XCLUMPY) to 10 Obscured Active Galactic Nuclei Observed with Suzaku and NuSTAR

  • 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 ( σ I R σ X ) 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/ab96bc

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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