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We present BeppoSAX observations of Nova Velorum 1999 (V382 Vel), carried out in a broad X-ray band covering 0.1–300 keV only 15 d after the discovery and again after 6 months. The nova was detected at day 15 with the BeppoSAX instruments which measured a flux F x ≃1.8×10−11 erg cm−2 s−1 in the 0.1–10 keV range and a 2 σ upper limit F x <6.7×10−12 erg cm−2 s−1 in the 15–60 keV range. We attribute the emission to shocked nebular ejecta at a plasma temperature kT ≃6 keV . At six months no bright component emerged in the 15–60 keV range, but a bright central supersoft X-ray source appeared. The hot nebular component previously detected had cooled to a plasma temperature kT <1 keV . There was strong intrinsic absorption of the ejecta in the first observation and not in the second, because the column density of neutral hydrogen decreased from N (H)≃1.7×1023 to N (H)≃1021 cm−2 (close to the interstellar value). The unabsorbed X-ray flux also decreased from F x =4.3×10−11 to F x ≃10−12 erg cm−2 s−1 . 相似文献
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K. Iwasawa G. Matt M. Guainazzi A.C. Fabian 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2001,326(3):894-900
We present X-ray results on the ultraluminous infrared galaxy Arp 220 obtained with BeppoSAX . X-ray emission up to 10 keV is detected. No significant signal is detected with the PDS detector in the higher energy band. The 2–10 keV emission has a flat spectrum (Γ∼1.7) , similar to M82, and a luminosity of ∼ 1×1041 erg s−1 . A population of X-ray binaries may be a major source of this X-ray emission. The upper limit of an iron K line equivalent width at 6.4 keV is ≃600 eV. This observation imposes the tightest constraint so far on an active nucleus if present in Arp 220. We find that a column density of X-ray absorption must exceed 1025 cm−2 for an obscured active nucleus to be significant in the energetics, and the covering factor of the absorption should be almost unity. The underluminous soft X-ray starburst emission may need a good explanation, if the bolometric luminosity is primarily powered by a starburst. 相似文献
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We present the Chandra ACIS-S3 data of the old classical nova RR Pic (1925). The source has a count rate of 0.067 ± 0.002 count s−1 in the 0.3–5.0 keV energy range. We detect the orbital period of the underlying binary system in the X-ray wavelengths. We also find that the neutral hydrogen column density differs for orbital minimum and orbital maximum spectra with values 0.25+0.23 −0.18 × 1022 and 0.64+0.13 −0.14 × 1022 cm−2 at 3σ confidence level. The X-ray spectrum of RR Pic can be represented by a composite model of bremsstrahlung with a photoelectric absorption, two absorption lines centered around 1.1–1.4 keV and five Gaussian lines centered at emission lines around 0.3–1.1 keV corresponding to various transitions of S, N, O, C, Ne and Fe. The bremsstrahlung temperature derived from the fits ranges from 0.99 to 1.60 keV and the unabsorbed X-ray flux is found to be 2.5+0.4 −1.2 × 10−13 erg cm−2 s−1 in the 0.3–5.0 keV range with a luminosity of 1.1 ± 0.2 1031 erg s−1 at 600 pc. We also detect excess emission in the spectrum possibly originating from the reverse shock in the ejecta. A fit with a cooling flow plasma emission model shows enhanced abundances of He, C, N, O and Ne in the X-ray emitting region indicating existence of diffusive mixing. 相似文献
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A. L. Zezas I. Georgantopoulos & M. J. Ward 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》1998,301(4):915-925
We present ROSAT [High Resolution Imager (HRI) and Position Sensitive Proportional Counter (PSPC)] and ASCA observations of the two luminous ( L x ∼ 1041−42 erg s−1 ) star-forming galaxies NGC 3310 and 3690. The HRI shows clearly that the sources are extended with the X-ray emission in NGC 3690 coming from at least three regions. The combined 0.1–10 keV spectrum of NGC 3310 can be described by two components, a Raymond–Smith plasma with temperature kT = 0.81+0.09 −0.12 keV and a hard power law, Γ = 1.44−0.20 −0.11 (or alternatively a harder Raymond–Smith plasma with kT ∼ 15 keV), while there is no substantial excess absorption above the Galactic column value. The soft component emission is probably a super wind while the nature of the hard emission is more uncertain with the likely origins being X-ray binaries, inverse Compton scattering of infrared photons, an active galactic nucleus or a very hot gas component (∼108 K). The spectrum of NGC 3690 is similar, with kT = 0.83+0.02 −0.04 keV and Γ = 1.56+0.11 −0.11 . We also employ more complicated models such as a multi-temperature thermal plasma, a non-equilibrium ionization code or the addition of a third softer component, which improve the fit but not at a statistically significant level (2σ). These results are similar to recent results on the archetypal star-forming galaxies M82 and NGC 253. 相似文献
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R. J. Wilman A. C. Fabian R. M. Cutri C. S. Crawford & W. N. Brandt 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》1998,300(1):L7-L10
We report long, pointed ROSAT HRI observations of the hyperluminous galaxies IRAS F00235+1024, F12514+1027, F14481+4454 and F14537+1950. Two of them are optically classified as Seyfert-like. No X-ray sources are detected at the positions of any of the objects, with a mean upper limit L X / L Bol ≃ 2.3 × 10−4 . This indicates that any active nuclei are either atypically weak at X-ray wavelengths or obscured by column densities N H > 1023 cm−2 . They differ markedly from 'ordinary' Seyfert 2 galaxies, bearing a closer resemblance in the soft X-ray band to composite Seyfert 2 galaxies or to some types of starburst. 相似文献
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B. J. Boyle O. Almaini I. Georgantopoulos A. J. Blair G. C. Stewart R. E. Griffiths T. Shanks & K. F. Gunn 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》1998,297(3):L53-L56
We report on the discovery of a narrow-emission-line object at z = 0.672 detected in a deep ASCA survey. The object, AXJ 0341.4–4453, has a flux in the 2–10 keV band of 1.1 ± 0.27 × 10−13 erg s−1 cm−2 , corresponding to a luminosity of 1.8 × 1044 erg s−1 ( q 0 = 0.5, H 0 = 50 km s−1 Mpc−1 ). It is also marginally detected in the ROSAT 0.5–2 keV band with a flux 5.8 × 10−15 erg s−1 cm−2 . Both the ASCA data alone and the combined ROSAT/ASCA data show a very hard X-ray spectrum, consistent with either a flat power law (α < 0.1) or photoelectric absorption with a column of n H > 4 × 1022 cm−2 (α = 1). The optical spectrum shows the high-ionization, narrow emission lines typical of a Seyfert 2 galaxy. We suggest that this object may be typical of the hard sources required to explain the remainder of the X-ray background at hard energies. 相似文献
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R. J. Wilman A. C. Edge R. M. Johnstone C. S. Crawford A. C. Fabian 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2000,318(4):1232-1240
We present J , H and K -band spectroscopy of Cygnus A, spanning 1.0–2.4 μm in the rest-frame and hence several rovibrational H2 , H recombination and [Fe ii ] emission lines. The lines are spatially extended by up to 6 kpc from the nucleus, but their distinct kinematics indicate that the three groups (H, H2 and [Fe ii ]) are not wholly produced in the same gas. The broadest line, [Fe ii ] λ 1.644, exhibits a non-Gaussian profile with a broad base (FWHM≃1040 km s−1 ), perhaps because of the interaction with the radio source. Extinctions to the line-emitting regions substantially exceed earlier measurements based on optical H recombination lines.
Hard X-rays from the quasar nucleus are likely to dominate the excitation of the H2 emission. The results of Maloney, Hollenbach & Tielens are thus used to infer the total mass of gas in H2 v=1–0 S(1)-emitting clouds as a function of radius, for gas densities of 103 and 105 cm−3 , and stopping column densities N H =1022 –1024 cm−2 . Assuming azimuthal symmetry, at least 2.3×108 M⊙ of such material is present within 5 kpc of the nucleus, if the line-emitting clouds see an unobscured quasar spectrum. Alternatively, if the bulk of the X-ray absorption to the nucleus inferred by Ueno et al. actually arises in a circumnuclear torus, the implied gas mass rises to ∼1010 M⊙ . The latter plausibly accounts for 109 yr of mass deposition from the cluster cooling flow, for which within this radius. 相似文献
Hard X-rays from the quasar nucleus are likely to dominate the excitation of the H
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G. H. J. Cole C. G. Mundell & A. Pedlar 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》1998,300(3):656-664
Using MERLIN with 0.2-arcsec resolution we have observed neutral hydrogen absorption against the central region of the starburst galaxy NGC 3628. The central region resolves into ∼16 continuum components at 1.4 GHz. From comparison with published 15-GHz data, we infer that these components are supernova remnants, although three components may be consistent with a weak active galactic nucleus. Neutral hydrogen absorption is seen against the continuum emission with column densities ∼1022 cm−2 . The absorption appears to be from two separate absorbing structures. Assuming a simple morphology, the main velocity structure can be attributed to a ring of neutral gas with a radius 130 pc rotating around a central starburst with a velocity gradient of 1270 km s−1 kpc−1 . From simple assumptions, the mass interior to this ring is 0.9 × 109 M⊙ . The second absorption structure may represent outflow from the starburst region or a large-scale galactic structure. Alternatively the absorption structure may be non-axisymmetric, such as a bar. 相似文献
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Guinevere Kauffmann & Stéphane Charlot 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》1998,297(1):L23-L28
We report the first detection of an inverse Compton X-ray emission, spatially correlated with a very steep spectrum radio source (VSSRS), 0038-096, without any detected optical counterpart, in cluster Abell 85. The ROSAT PSPC data and its multiscale wavelet analysis reveal a large-scale (linear diameter of the order of 500 h −1 50 kpc), diffuse X-ray component, in addition to the thermal bremsstrahlung, overlapping an equally large-scale VSSRS. The primeval 3 K background photons, scattering off the relativistic electrons, can produce the X-rays at the detected level. The inverse Compton flux is estimated to be (6.5 ± 0.5) × 10−13 erg s−1 cm−2 in the 0.5–2.4 keV X-ray band. A new 327-MHz radio map is presented for the cluster field. The synchrotron emission flux is estimated to be (6.6 ± 0.90) × 10−14 erg s−1 cm−2 in the 10–100 MHz radio band. The positive detection of both radio and X-ray emission from a common ensemble of relativistic electrons leads to an estimate of (0.95 ± 0.10) × 10−6 G for the cluster-scale magnetic field strength. The estimated field is free of the 'equipartition' conjecture, the distance, and the emission volume. Further, the radiative fluxes and the estimated magnetic field imply the presence of 'relic' (radiative lifetime ≳ 109 yr) relativistic electrons with Lorentz factors γ ≈ 700–1700; this would be a significant source of radio emission in the hitherto unexplored frequency range ν ≈ 2–10 MHz. 相似文献
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We present an X-ray spectroscopic study of the prototype far-infrared galaxy NGC 6240 from ASCA . The soft X-ray spectrum (below 2 keV) shows clear signatures of thermal emission well described by a multitemperature optically thin plasma, which probably originates in a powerful starburst. Strong hard X-ray emission is also detected with ASCA and its spectrum above 3 keV is extremely flat with a prominent iron K line complex, very similar to that seen in the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 1068 but about an order of magnitude more luminous ( L 3−10keV ≈ 1.4 × 1042 erg s−1 ). The hard X-ray spectrum indicates that only reflected X-rays of an active galactic nucleus (AGN) buried in a heavy obscuration ( N H > 2 × 1024 cm−2 ) are visible. This is evidence for an AGN in NGC 6240, emitting possibly at a quasar luminosity (∼ 1045 erg s−1 ), and suggests its significant contribution to the far-infrared luminosity. 相似文献
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M. J. Hardcastle M. Birkinshaw D. M. Worrall 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2001,323(2):L17-L22
Chandra X-ray Observatory observations of the powerful, peculiar radio galaxy 3C 123 have resulted in an X-ray detection of the bright eastern hotspot, with a 1-keV flux density of ∼5 nJy. The X-ray flux and spectrum of the hotspot are consistent with the X-rays being inverse-Compton scattering of radio synchrotron photons by the population of electrons responsible for the radio emission ('synchrotron self-Compton emission') if the magnetic fields in the hotspot are close to their equipartition values. 3C 123 is thus the third radio galaxy to show X-ray emission from a hotspot which is consistent with being in equipartition. Chandra also detects emission from a moderately rich cluster surrounding 3C 123, with L X (2–10 keV)=2×1044 erg s−1 and kT ∼5 keV, and absorbed emission from the active nucleus, with an inferred intrinsic column density of 1.7×1022 cm−2 and an intrinsic 2–10 keV luminosity of 1044 erg s−1 . 相似文献
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Benedetta Ciardi † rea Ferrara 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2001,324(3):648-652
We calculate the expected mid-infrared (MIR) molecular hydrogen line emission from the first objects in the Universe. As a result of their low masses, the stellar feedback from massive stars is able to blow away their gas content and collect it into a cooling shell where H2 rapidly forms and IR roto-vibrational (as for example the rest-frame 2.12 μm) lines carry away a large fraction (up to 10 per cent) of the explosion energy. The fluxes from these sources are in the range 10−21 –10−17 erg s−1 cm−2 . The highest number counts are expected in the 20-μm band, where about 105 sources deg−2 are predicted at the limiting flux of 3×10−18 erg s−1 cm−2 . Among the planned observational facilities, we find that the best detection perspectives are offered by the Next Generation Space Telescope ( NGST ), which should be able to reveal about 200 first objects in one hour observation time at its limiting flux in the above band. Therefore, mid-IR instruments appear to represent perfect tools to trace star formation and stellar feedback in the high ( z ≳5) redshift Universe. 相似文献
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A. Pappa I. Georgantopoulos G. C. Stewart 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2000,314(3):589-593
We present ROSAT High Resolution Imager (HRI) and ASCA observations of the well-known ultraluminous infrared galaxy (ULIRG) IRAS 19254−7245 (the 'Superantennae' ). The object is not detected by ROSAT , implying a 3 σ upper limit of X-ray luminosity L X ∼8×1041 erg s−1 in the 0.1–2 keV band. However, we obtain a clear detection by ASCA , yielding a luminosity in the 2–10 keV band of 2×1042 erg s−1 . The X-ray spectrum of IRAS 19254−7245 is very hard, equivalent to a photon index of Γ=1.0±0.35. We therefore attempt to model the X-ray data using a 'scatterer' model, in which the intrinsic X-ray emission along our line of sight is obscured by an absorbing screen while some fraction, f , is scattered into our line of sight by an ionized medium; this is the standard model for the X-ray emission in obscured (but non Compton-thick) Seyfert galaxies. We obtain an absorbing column density of N H =2×1023 cm−2 for a power-law photon index of Γ=1.9, an order of magnitude above the column estimated on the basis of optical observations; the percentage of the scattered emission is high (∼20 per cent). Alternatively, a model where most of the X-ray emission comes from reflection on a Compton-thick torus ( N H >1024 cm−2 ) cannot be ruled out. We do not detect an Fe line at 6.4 keV; however, the upper limit (90 per cent) to the equivalent width of the 6.4 keV line is high (∼3 keV). Overall , the results suggest that most of the X-ray emission originates in a highly obscured Seyfert 2 nucleus. 相似文献
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G. H. J. Cole A. Pedlar A. J. Holloway C. G. Mundell 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》1999,310(4):1033-1038
We have used MERLIN to observe neutral hydrogen absorption against the central region of the ultraluminous infrared galaxy (ULIRG) galaxy Mrk 273 with an angular resolution of 0.2 arcsec. This represents a factor of 5 increase in resolution compared with previous work. Absorption has been resolved against two of three radio continuum components. A Hubble Space Telescope ( HST ) image reveals a complex central region composed of clumpy emission obscured by dust lanes. We find that the northern and south-eastern radio components are associated with two optical components. The alignment supports the idea that Mrk 273 has a double nucleus due to a recent galactic merger event.
Broad, strong and spatially varying absorption is seen against the northern radio component with a velocity gradient of 1990±50 km s−1 kpc−1 . The absorption resolves into six discrete components with an average column density of 1.7×1022 atom cm−2 . We propose that the absorption is due to a clumpy ring or disc of neutral gas of radius ∼250 pc rotating around a central starburst. In addition to the broad component, narrow absorption (<100 km s−1 ) is detected against the northern and south-eastern components. Absorption is not detected against the weak (2 mJy) south-western component. We propose that the narrow absorption is due to quiescent gas in a large-scale dust lane that coincides with these regions of narrow absorption. 相似文献
Broad, strong and spatially varying absorption is seen against the northern radio component with a velocity gradient of 1990±50 km s
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StephenSerjeant CarlottaGruppioni SebOliver 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2002,330(3):621-624
We present a new determination of the local volume-averaged star formation rate from the 1.4-GHz luminosity function of star forming galaxies. Our sample, taken from the B ≤12 Revised Shapley–Ames catalogue (231 normal spiral galaxies over an effective area of 7.1 sr) has ≃100 per cent complete radio detections and is insensitive to dust obscuration and cirrus contamination. After removal of known active galaxies, the best-fitting Schechter function has a faint-end slope of −1.27±0.07 in agreement with the local H α luminosity function, characteristic luminosity L ∗=(2.6±0.7)×1022 W Hz−1 and density φ ∗=(4.8±1.1)×10−4 Mpc−3 . The inferred local radio luminosity density of (1.73±0.37±0.03)×1019 W Hz−1 Mpc−3 (Poisson noise, large-scale structure fluctuations) implies a volume-averaged star formation rate ∼2 times larger than the Gallego et al. H α estimate, i.e. ρ 1.4 GHz =(2.10±0.45±0.04)×10−2 M⊙ yr−1 Mpc−3 for a Salpeter initial mass function from 0.1–125 M⊙ and Hubble constant of 50 km s−1 Mpc−1 . We demonstrate that the Balmer decrement is a highly unreliable extinction estimator, and argue that optical–ultraviolet (UV) star formation rates (SFRs) are easily underestimated, particularly at high redshift. 相似文献
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W. Yuan † A. C. Fabian A. Celotti R. G. McMahon M. Matsuoka 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2005,358(2):432-440
We present results from a new XMM–Newton observation of the high-redshift quasar RX J1028.6 – 0844 at a redshift of 4.276. The soft X-ray spectral flattening, as reported by a previous study with ASCA , is confirmed to be present, with, however, a reduced column density when modelled by absorption. The inferred column density for absorption intrinsic to the quasar is 2.1(+0.4 −0.3 ) × 1022 cm−2 for cold matter, and higher for ionized gas. The spectral flattening shows remarkable similarity with that of two similar object, namely GB 1428 + 4217 and PMN J0525 − 3343. The results improve upon those obtained from a previous short-exposure observation for RX J1028.6 – 0844 with XMM–Newton . A comparative study of the two XMM–Newton observations reveals a change in the power-law photon index from Γ≃ 1.3 to 1.5 on time-scales of about one year. A tentative excess emission feature in the rest-frame 5–10 keV band is suggested, which is similar to that marginally suggested for GB 1428 + 4217. 相似文献
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Michael E. Jones Alastair C. Edge Keith Grainge William F. Grainger Rüdiger Kneissl G. G. Pooley Richard Saunders Shigeru J. Miyoshi Taisuke Tsuruta Koujun Yamashita Yuzuru Tawara Akihiro Furuzawa Akihiro Harada Isamu Hatsukade 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2005,357(2):518-526
We have observed the Sunyaev–Zel'dovich (SZ) effect in a sample of five moderate-redshift clusters with the Ryle Telescope, and used them in conjunction with X-ray imaging and spectral data from ROSAT and ASCA to measure the Hubble constant. This sample was chosen with a strict X-ray flux limit using both the Bright Cluster Sample and the Northern ROSAT All-Sky Survey (RASS) cluster catalogues to be well above the surface brightness limit of the RASS, and hence to be unbiased with respect to the orientation of the cluster. This controls a major potential systematic effect in the SZ/X-ray method of measuring H 0 . Taking the weighted geometric mean of the results and including the main sources of error, namely the noise in the SZ measurement, the uncertainty in the X-ray temperatures and the unknown ellipticity and substructure of the clusters, we find H 0 = 59+10 −9 (random)+8 −7 (systematic) km s−1 Mpc−1 assuming a standard cold dark matter model with ΩM = 1.0, ΩΛ = 0.0 or H 0 = 66+11 −10 +9 −8 km s−1 Mpc−1 if ΩM = 0.3, ΩΛ = 0.7 . 相似文献
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M. Guainazzi G. Matt L. A. Antonelli L. Bassani A. C. Fabian R. Maiolino A. Marconi F. Fiore K. Iwasawa L. Piro 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》1999,310(1):10-20
We present an X-ray spectroscopic study of the bright Compton-thick Seyfert 2 galaxies NGC 1068 and the Circinus Galaxy, performed with BeppoSAX . Matt et al. interpreted the spectrum above 4 keV as the superposition of Compton reflection and warm plasma scattering of the nuclear radiation. When this continuum is extrapolated downwards to 0.1 keV, further components arise. The NGC 1068 spectrum is rich in emission lines, mainly owing to K α transitions of He-like elements from oxygen to iron, plus a K α fluorescent line from neutral iron. If the ionized lines originate in the warm scatterer, its thermal and ionization structure must be complex. From the continuum and line properties, we estimate a column density, N warm , of the warm scatterer less than a few×1021 cm−2 . In the Circinus Galaxy, the absence of highly ionized iron is consistent with a scattering medium with U X ≲5 and N warm ∼ a few×1022 cm−2 . In both cases the neutral iron line is most naturally explained as fluorescence in the medium responsible for the Compton reflection continuum. In NGC 1068 an optically thin plasma emission with kT ≃500 eV and strongly sub-solar metallicity is required, while such a component is only marginal in the Circinus Galaxy. We tentatively identify this component as emission of diffuse hot gas in the nuclear starbursts. Possible causes for the metal depletion are discussed. 相似文献
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A. J. Young R. R. Ross & A. C. Fabian 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》1998,300(1):L11-L15
We propose a model for the source of the X-ray background (XRB) in which low-luminosity active nuclei ( L ∼ 1043 erg s−1 ) are obscured ( N ∼ 1023 cm−2 ) by nuclear starbursts within the inner ∼ 100 pc. The obscuring material covers most of the sky as seen from the central source, rather than being distributed in a toroidal structure, and hardens the averaged X-ray spectrum by photoelectric absorption. The gas is turbulent with velocity dispersion ∼ few × 100 km s−1 and cloud–cloud collisions lead to copious star formation. Although supernovae tend to produce outflows, most of the gas is trapped in the gravity field of the star-forming cluster itself and the central black hole. A hot ( T ∼ 106 − 107 K) virialized phase of this gas, comprising a few per cent of the total obscuring material, feeds the central engine of ∼ 107 M⊙ through Bondi accretion, at a sub-Eddington rate appropriate for the luminosity of these objects. If starburst-obscured objects give rise to the residual XRB, then only 10 per cent of the accretion in active galaxies occurs close to the Eddington limit in unabsorbed objects. 相似文献