AGN multiwavelength SED in POX 52 Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Kawamuro T.
  2. Ricci C.
  3. Yamada S.
  4. Noda H.
  5. Li R.
  6. Temple M.J.
  7. Tortosa A.
  8. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

The nearby dwarf galaxy POX 52 at z=0.021 hosts an active galactic nucleus (AGN) with a black hole (BH) mass of M_BH_~10^5-6^M_{sun}_ and an Eddington ratio of ~0.1-1. This object provides the rare opportunity to study both AGN and host-galaxy properties in a low-mass highly accreting system. To do so, we collected its multiwavelength data from X-ray to radio. First, we construct a spectral energy distribution, and by fitting it with AGN and host-galaxy components, we constrain AGN-disk and dust-torus components. Then, while considering the AGN-disk emission, we decompose optical Hubble Space Telescope images. As a result, it is found that a classical bulge component is probably present, and its mass (M_bulge_) is consistent with an expected value from a local relation. Lastly, we analyze new quasi-simultaneous X-ray (0.2-30keV) data obtained by the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array and XMM-Newton. The X-ray spectrum can be reproduced by multicolor blackbody, warm and hot coronae, and disk and torus reflection components. Based on this, the spin is estimated to be a_spin_=0.998-0.814, which could suggest that most of the current BH mass was achieved by prolonged mass accretion. Given the presence of the bulge, POX 52 would have undergone a galaxy merger, while the M_BH_-M_bulge_ relation and the inferred prolonged accretion could suggest that AGN feedback occurred. Regarding the AGN structure, the spectral slope of the hot corona, its relative strength to the bolometric emission, and the torus structure are found to be consistent with Eddington-ratio dependencies found for nearby AGNs.

Keywords
  1. active-galactic-nuclei
  2. spectral-energy-distribution
  3. x-ray-sources
  4. infrared-photometry
  5. black-holes
  6. visible-astronomy
  7. ultraviolet-astronomy
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2024ApJ...960...15K
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2026-03-09T09:01:02Z
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