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Detection of Iron K{\alpha} Emission from a Complete Sample of Submillimeter Galaxies
Detection of Iron K{\alpha} Emission from a Complete Sample of Submillimeter Galaxies
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- We present an X-ray stacking analysis of a sample of 38 submillimeter galaxies with <z>=2.6 discovered at >4{\sigma} significance in the Lockman Hole North with the MAMBO array. We find a 5{\sigma} detection in the stacked soft band (0.5-2.0 keV) image, and no significant detection in the hard band (2.0-8 keV). We also perform rest-frame spectral stacking based on spectroscopic and photometric redshifts and find a ~4{\sigma} detection of Fe K{\alpha} emission with an equivalent width of EW>1 keV. The centroid of the Fe K{\alpha} emission lies near 6.7 keV, indicating a possible contribution from highly ionized Fe XXV or Fe XXVI; there is also a slight indication that the line emission is more spatially extended than the X-ray continuum. This is the first X-ray analysis of a complete, flux-limited sample of SMGs with statistically robust radio counterparts.<br />Comment: 20 pages, 11 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
- Subjects :
- Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
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Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.1207.4486
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/757/1/3