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2002ApJ...571..218N - Astrophys. J., 571, 218-225 (2002/May-3)

A classic type 2 QSO.

NORMAN C., HASINGER G., GIACCONI R., GILLI R., KEWLEY L., NONINO M., ROSATI P., SZOKOLY G., TOZZI P., WANG J., ZHENG W., ZIRM A., BERGERON J., GILMOZZI R., GROGIN N., KOEKEMOER A. and SCHREIER E.

Abstract (from CDS):

In the Chandra Deep Field-South 1 Ms exposure, we have found, at redshift 3.700±0.005, the most distant type 2 active galactic nucleus ever detected. It is the source with the hardest X-ray spectrum with redshift z>3. The optical spectrum has no detected continuum emission to a 3 σ detection limit of ∼3x10–19 ergs.s–1.cm–2–1 and shows narrow lines of Lyα, C IV, N V, He II, O VI, [O III], and C III]. Their FWHM line widths have a range of ∼700-2300 km.s–1 with an average of approximately ∼1500 km.s–1. The emitting gas is metal-rich (Z≃2.5-3Z). In the X-ray spectrum of 130 counts in the 0.5-7 keV band, there is evidence for intrinsic absorption with NH≳1024 cm–2. An iron Kα line with rest-frame energy and equivalent width of ∼6.4 keV and ∼1 keV, respectively, in agreement with the obscuration scenario, is detected at a 2 σ level. If confirmed by our forthcoming XMM-Newton observations, this would be the highest redshift detection of Fe Kα. Depending on the assumed cosmology and the X-ray transfer model, the 2-10 keV rest frame luminosity corrected for absorption is ∼1045±0.5 ergs.cm–2.s–1, which makes our source a classic example of the long-sought type 2 QSO. From standard population synthesis models, these sources are expected to account for a relevant fraction of the black hole-powered QSO distribution at high redshift.

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Journal keyword(s): Galaxies: Quasars: Emission Lines - Galaxies: Quasars: Individual: Alphanumeric: CXOCDFS J033229.9-275106 - X-Rays: Galaxies

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