Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-31-2019
Publication Title
Astrophysical Journal
Publisher
American Astronomical Society
Volume
877
Issue
2
First page number:
1
Last page number:
9
Abstract
Current measurements show that the observed fraction of Compton-thick (CT) active galactic nuclei (AGN) is smaller than the expected values needed to explain the cosmic X-ray background. Prior fits to the X-ray spectrum of the nearby Seyfert-2 galaxy NGC 5347 (z = 0.00792, D = 35.5 Mpc ) have alternately suggested a CT and Compton-thin source. Combining archival data from Suzaku, Chandra, and—most importantly—new data from NuSTAR, ... See full text for complete abstract
Keywords
Galxies: active; Galaxies: individual (NGC 5347); Galaxies: Seyfert; X-rays: general
Disciplines
Astrophysics and Astronomy
File Format
File Size
2.272 KB
Language
English
Repository Citation
Kammoun, E. S.,
Miller, J. M.,
Zoghbi, A.,
Oh, K.,
Koss, M.,
Muchotzky, R. F.,
Brenneman, L. W.,
Brandt, W. N.,
Proga, D.,
Lohfink, A. M.,
Kaastra, J. S.,
Barret, D.,
Behar, E.,
Stern, D.
(2019).
A Hard Look at NGC 5347: Revealing a Nearby Compton-thick AGN.
Astrophysical Journal, 877(2),
1-9.
American Astronomical Society.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab1c5f