2008A&A...485..707P -
Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 485, 707-718 (2008/7-3)
A deep INTEGRAL hard X-ray survey of the 3C 273/Coma region.
PALTANI S., WALTER R., McHARDY I.M., DWELLY T., STEINER C. and COURVOISIER T.J.-L.
Abstract (from CDS):
We present an analysis of the deepest hard X-ray survey to date of about 2500deg2 performed by the IBIS instrument on board INTEGRAL in the 20-60keV band, with a total exposure time of 4Ms. We find 34 candidate sources, for which we try to find counterparts at other wavelengths. The ratio of Seyfert 1 to Seyfert 2 is significantly more than the ratio found in the optical. This effect may be explained in the framework of the receding-torus model, but could also be due to absorption columns large enough to affect the 20-60keV band. None of the predicted Compton-thick objects with 1024<NH<1025cm–2 is detected unambiguously; when taking lower limits on NH into account, the fraction of these objects is found to be lower than 24%. We do not see, but cannot exclude, a relationship between absorption and luminosity similar to what is seen in the 2-10keV band. Our data suggests the possibility of a lack of objects with 1021≤NH≤1022cm–2, which could be expected if absorption has two origins, for instance a torus-like structure and the host galaxy. We find that the LogN-LogS diagram of our sources is compatible with those obtained in other surveys in hard X-rays. Compared to models of the AGN population selected in the 2-10keV band, the LogN-LogS diagram is generally in good agreement, but the NH distribution is significantly different, with significantly less unabsorbed sources (NH<1022cm–2) at a given flux limit compared to the models. In this survey, we resolve about 2.5% of the cosmic X-ray background in the 20-60keV band. We also study the local hard X-ray luminosity function, which is compatible with what is found in other recent hard X-ray surveys. The characteristic luminosity Log L*20–60keV=43.66 is found to be a factor about 5 lower than the value observed in the 2-10keV band. We find a space density of 10–3 AGN with L20–60keV>1041 per Mpc3 and a corresponding luminosity density of 0.9x1039erg/s/Mpc3.
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surveys - galaxies: active - galaxies: seyfert - X-rays: diffuse background - X-rays: galaxies
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