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Asmus Isas Short
Asmus Isas Short
Daniel Asmus
(MPIfR, Bonn, Germany) Poshak Gandhi Sebastian F. Hnig Alain Smette Wolfgang J. Duschl
ISAS/JAXA 2012
B. Keel
NASA
Type 2 AGN
Type 1 AGN
B. Keel
Aver. Sy 1
Aver. Sy 2
Spitzer/IRS (~0.8m)
Hernn-Caballero & Hatziminaoglou (2011)
Aver. Sy 1
Aver. Sy 2
Spitzer/IRS (~0.8m)
Hernn-Caballero & Hatziminaoglou (2011)
Aver. Sy 1
Aver. Sy 2
continuum
Strong correlation
Open issues
Sample not uniform or complete in any sense extend study to such a sample
Possible trend of MIR excess for log L2-10keV < 41.5 enlarge coverage at lowest luminosities
real?
High-res. Photometry
Non-AGN Contamination
High-res. Photometry
MIR SED
Low-luminosity AGN
M 87
M 104 Sombrero
NGC 1097
NGC 4261
Goals:
Investigate existence of obscuring tori around LLAGN Test apparent deviation of MIR--X-ray relation at low L
Estimate contamination by star-formation
Goals:
Investigate existence of obscuring tori around LLAGN Test apparent deviation of MIR--X-ray relation at low L
Estimate contamination by star-formation
Observed in 2009 11 new LLAGN (+7 with additional data) Mixed properties
Goals:
Investigate existence of obscuring tori around LLAGN Test apparent deviation of MIR--X-ray relation at low L
Estimate contamination by star-formation
Observed in 2009 11 new LLAGN (+7 with additional data) Mixed properties
Staring images
+
Choppednodded images
Object: Centaurus A
Results: Photometry
13 non-detections
DEC offset []
smoothed
Ra offset []
Comparison to Spitzer/IRS
Comparison to Spitzer/IRS
Maximum SF contamination
Scale the SF template by the PAH 11.3m from the IRS of the LLAGN maximum of SF contribution (to 12m)
maximum SF contribution
Maximum SF contamination
Scale the SF template by the PAH 11.3m from the IRS of the LLAGN maximum of SF contribution (to 12m) For the 24 detected LLAGN with IRS:
>75% >75% (4) (4) <25% <25% 50 -- 75% 50 75% (10) (10) (6) (6) 25 -- 50% 25 50% (4) (4)
maximum SF contribution
Maximum SF contamination
Scale the SF template by the PAH 11.3m from the IRS of the LLAGN maximum of SF contribution (to 12m) For the 24 detected LLAGN with IRS:
>75% >75% (4) (4) <25% <25% 50 -- 75% 50 75% (10) (10) (6) (6) 25 -- 50% 25 50% (4) (4)
High-res. Photometry
Non-AGN Contamination
High-res. Photometry
MIR SED
BAT AGN
Credit: NASA
Swift
UVOT (UV & optical, 170-650 nm) XRT (X-ray, 0.2-10keV) BAT (gamma-ray, 14-195 keV)
Credit: NASA
Swift
UVOT (UV & optical, 170-650 nm) XRT (X-ray, 0.2-10keV) BAT (gamma-ray, 14-195 keV)
Credit: NASA
Swift
UVOT (UV & optical, 170-650 nm) XRT (X-ray, 0.2-10keV) BAT (gamma-ray, 14-195 keV)
Credit: NASA
75 of 77 detected
silicate
PAH
continuum
High-res. Photometry
Non-AGN Contamination
High-res. Photometry
MIR SED
Objects: 42 Spearman Rank: = 0.88 (log p = -17) Power-law fit: log LMIR ~ (1.00 0.08) log LX
(absorption-corrected)
Objects: 77 Spearman Rank: = 0.94 (log p = -30) Power-law fit: log LMIR ~ (1.05 0.05) log LX
(absorption-corrected)
Objects: 134 Spearman Rank: = 0.90 (log p = -42) Power-law fit: log LMIR ~ (1.00 0.04) log LX Fit depends somewhat on algorithm used Correlation dominated by X-ray uncertainties
(absorption-corrected)
Objects: 134 Spearman Rank: = 0.90 (log p = -42) Power-law fit: log LMIR ~ (1.00 0.04) log LX Fit depends somewhat on algorithm used Correlation dominated by X-ray uncertainties
(absorption-corrected)
Xra y
M id
-in fr ar ed
Hot corona
UV
U V
Conclusions
No correlation between MIR properties at 4 and 0.4 scale Most AGN show weak or absent nuclear PAH emission Nuclear MIR emission contribution due to star formation likely minor Strongest 12m2-10keV correlation for all AGN combined (slope ~1) MIR--X-ray correlation valid for all AGN down to LX ~1040 erg/s! fundamental physical connection uniform structure in all AGN
Results favor dusty obscuring torus... LLAGN might have additional non-thermal component, e.g., jet...
Future work
Add radio data into the multiwavelength analysis For lowest accretion rate objects:
Assemble high spatial resolution IR SEDs and N-band spectroscopy Model comparisons and SED fitting with various components Complete Palomar LLAGN Assess importance of CT AGN Intrinsic indicator comparison Obtain N-band spectra Test AGN unification
...