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Name: The hunt for Compton-thick AGN
Published: 2010-03-06T00:00:00Z

Proposal ID	055195
Title	The hunt for Compton-thick AGN
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-6ynp5kn
Principal Investigator, PI	Prof Christopher Reynolds
Abstract	We request 13ks XMM observations of 4 candidate Compton-thick AGN that we haveselected from the 22 month Swift-BAT survey on the basis of their flat X-rayspectra. Our principal purpose is to confirm the Compton-thick nature of theseAGN by searching for the strong 6.4keV iron line, and hence validate thecriteria that we used to find these rare objects. We will also search forsignatures of optically-thin scattering, constrain the size of the absorberthrough using via variability studies, and constrain the true X-ray luminosityof the central engine and hence the impact of the obscuration on the numbercounts of Compton-thick sources in hard X-ray surveys.
Publications	XMM Follow-up Observations of Three Swift BAT-selected Active Galactic Nuclei \|Trippe M. L. Reynolds C. S. et al. \| ApJ \| 736-81 \| 2011 \| 2011ApJ...736...81T \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2011ApJ...736...81T The Swift BAT Survey Detects Two Optical Broad Line X-Ray Heavily Obscured Active Galaxies: NVSS 193013+341047 and IRAS 05218-1212 \|Hogg J. Drew Winter Lisa M. et al. \| ApJ \| 752-153 \| 2012 \| 2012ApJ...752..153H \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2012ApJ...752..153H Exospheric solar wind charge exchange as seen by XMM-Newton \|Carter J. A. Semba S. \| AN \| 333-313 \| 2012 \| 2012AN....333..313C \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2012AN....333..313C The cosmological analysis of X-ray cluster surveys - II. Application of the CR-HR method to the XMM archive \|Clerc N. Sadibekova T. et al. \| MNRAS \| 423-3561 \| 2012 \| 2012MNRAS.423.3561C \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2012MNRAS.423.3561C An XMM-Newton Survey of the Soft X-Ray Background. II. An All-Sky Catalog of Diffuse O VII and O VIII Emission Intensities \|Henley David B. Shelton Robin L. \| ApJS \| 202-14 \| 2012 \| 2012ApJS..202...14H \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2012ApJS..202...14H Serendipitous UV source catalogues for 10 years of XMM and 5 years of Swift \|Yershov V. N. \| Ap&SS \| 354-97 \| 2014 \| 2014Ap&SS.354...97Y \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2014Ap&SS.354...97Y The Interaction of the Fermi Bubbles with the Milky Ways Hot Gas Halo \|Miller Matthew J. Bregman Joel N. \| ApJ \| 829-9 \| 2016 \| 2016ApJ...829....9M \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2016ApJ...829....9M SPIDERS: the spectroscopic follow-up of X-ray selected clusters of galaxies in SDSS-IV \|Clerc N. Merloni A. et al. \| MNRAS \| 463-4490 \| 2016 \| 2016MNRAS.463.4490C \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2016MNRAS.463.4490C The Million Optical - Radio/X-ray Associations (MORX) Catalogue \|Flesch Eric W. \| PASA \| 33-52 \| 2016 \| 2016PASA...33...52F \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2016PASA...33...52F The close environments of accreting massive black holes are shaped by radiative feedback \|Ricci Claudio Trakhtenbrot Benny et al. \| Natur \| 549-488 \| 2017 \| 2017Natur.549..488R \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2017Natur.549..488R BAT AGN Spectroscopic Survey (BASS) - VI. The GammaX-L/LEdd relation \|Trakhtenbrot Benny Ricci Claudio et al. \| MNRAS \| 470-800 \| 2017 \| 2017MNRAS.470..800T \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2017MNRAS.470..800T BAT AGN Spectroscopic Survey. V. X-Ray Properties of the Swift/BAT 70-month AGN Catalog \|Ricci C. Trakhtenbrot B. et al. \| ApJS \| 233-17 \| 2017 \| 2017ApJS..233...17R \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2017ApJS..233...17R The Swift/BAT AGN Spectroscopic Survey. IX. The Clustering Environments of an Unbiased Sample of Local AGNs \|Powell M. C. Cappelluti N. et al. \| ApJ \| 858-110 \| 2018 \| 2018ApJ...858..110P \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2018ApJ...858..110P Hot corona properties of Swift/BAT-detected AGNs \|Wang Chan Yu Li-Ming et al. \| MNRAS \| 487-2463 \| 2019 \| 2019MNRAS.487.2463W \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2019MNRAS.487.2463W X-ray properties of the X-CLASS-redMaPPer galaxy cluster sample: the luminosity-temperature relation \|Molham Mona Clerc Nicolas et al. \| MNRAS \| 494-161 \| 2020 \| 2020MNRAS.494..161M \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2020MNRAS.494..161M Multiwavelength classification of X-ray selected galaxy cluster candidates using convolutional neural networks \|Kosiba Matej Lieu Maggie et al. \| MNRAS \| 496-4141 \| 2020 \| 2020MNRAS.496.4141K \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2020MNRAS.496.4141K SPIDERS: overview of the X-ray galaxy cluster follow-up and the final spectroscopic data release \|Clerc N. Kirkpatrick C. C. et al. \| MNRAS \| 497-3976 \| 2020 \| 2020MNRAS.497.3976C \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2020MNRAS.497.3976C An X-Ray- and SZ-bright Diffuse Source toward M31: A Local Hot Bridge \|Qu Zhijie Huang Rui et al. \| ApJ \| 907-14 \| 2021 \| 2021ApJ...907...14Q \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2021ApJ...907...14Q Classification of 4XMM-DR9 sources by machine learning \|Zhang Yanxia Zhao Yongheng \| MNRAS \| 503-5263 \| 2021 \| 2021MNRAS.503.5263Z \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2021MNRAS.503.5263Z The Solar Cycle Temporal Variation of the Solar Wind Charge Exchange X-Ray Lines \|Qu Zhijie Koutroumpa Dimitra et al. \| ApJ \| 930-21 \| 2022 \| 2022ApJ...930...21Q \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2022ApJ...930...21Q The XMM-Newton Line Emission Analysis Program (X-LEAP). I. Emission-line Survey of O VII O VIII and Fe L-shell Transitions \|Pan Zeyang Qu Zhijie et al. \| ApJS \| 271-62 \| 2024 \| 2024ApJS..271...62P \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024ApJS..271...62P From Active Stars to Black Holes: A Discovery Tool for Galactic X-Ray Sources \|Rodriguez Antonio C. \| PASP \| 136-054201 \| 2024 \| 2024PASP..136e4201R \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024PASP..136e4201R Robust constraints on feebly interacting particles using XMM-Newton \|Luque Pedro De la Torre Balaji Shyam \| PhRvD \| 109-L101305 \| 2024 \| 2024PhRvD.109j1305L \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024PhRvD.109j1305L Multimessenger search for electrophilic feebly interacting particles from supernovae \|Luque Pedro De la Torre Balaji Shyam \| PhRvD \| 109-103028 \| 2024 \| 2024PhRvD.109j3028L \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024PhRvD.109j3028L Importance of Cosmic-Ray Propagation on Sub-GeV Dark Matter Constraints \|De la Torre Luque Pedro Balaji Shyam \| ApJ \| 968-46 \| 2024 \| 2024ApJ...968...46D \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024ApJ...968...46D
Instrument	EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2
Temporal Coverage	2008-08-24T23:09:41Z/2009-02-01T04:17:38Z
Version	17.56_20190403_1200
Mission Description	The European Space Agencys (ESA) X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM-Newton) was launched by an Ariane 504 on December 10th 1999. XMM-Newton is ESAs second cornerstone of the Horizon 2000 Science Programme. It carries 3 high throughput X-ray telescopes with an unprecedented effective area, and an optical monitor, the first flown on a X-ray observatory. The large collecting area and ability to make long uninterrupted exposures provide highly sensitive observations. Since Earths atmosphere blocks out all X-rays, only a telescope in space can detect and study celestial X-ray sources. The XMM-Newton mission is helping scientists to solve a number of cosmic mysteries, ranging from the enigmatic black holes to the origins of the Universe itself. Observing time on XMM-Newton is being made available to the scientific community, applying for observational periods on a competitive basis.
Creator Contact	https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/xmm-newton-helpdesk
Date Published	2010-03-06T00:00:00Z
Last Update	2025-01-27
Keywords	"rare objects", "compton thick agn", "via variability", "flat xray spectra", "optically thin scattering", "compton thick sources", "central engine", "4kev iron line", "XMM", "hard xray surveys", "xray luminosity", "compton thick"
Publisher And Registrant	European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines	European Space Agency, Prof Christopher Reynolds, 2010, 'The hunt for Compton-thick AGN', 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-6ynp5kn