The second INTEGRAL AGN catalogue

V. Beckmann (1) , S. Soldi (2) , C. Ricci , J. Alfonso-Garzón , T. J.-L. Courvoisier , A. Domingo , N. Gehrels , P. Lubiński , J. M. Mas-Hesse , A. A. Zdziarski

1 APC - AHE - APC - Astrophysique des Hautes Energies
2 IRFU - Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers

Aims: The INTEGRAL mission provides a large data set for studying the hard X-ray properties of AGN and allows testing of the unified scheme for AGN. Methods: We present analysis of INTEGRAL IBIS/ISGRI, JEM-X, and OMC data for 199 AGN supposedly detected by INTEGRAL above 20 keV. Results: The data analysed here allow significant spectral extraction on 148 objects and an optical variability study of 57 AGN. The slopes of the hard X-ray spectra of Seyfert 1 and Seyfert 2 galaxies are found to be consistent within the uncertainties, whereas higher cut-off energies and lower luminosities we measured for the more absorbed/type 2 AGN. The intermediate Seyfert 1.5 objects exhibit hard X-ray spectra consistent with those of Seyfert 1. When applying a Compton reflection model, the underlying continua appear the same in Seyfert 1 and 2 with Γ ≃ 2, and the reflection strength is about R ≃ 1, when assuming different inclination angles. A significant correlation is found between the hard X-ray and optical luminosity and the mass of the central black hole in the sense that the more luminous objects appear to be more massive. There is also a general trend toward the absorbed sources and type 2 AGN having lower Eddington ratios. The black hole mass appears to form a fundamental plane together with the optical and X-ray luminosity of the form LV ∝ LX0.6 MBH0.2, similar to what is found between LR, LX, and MBH. Conclusions: The transition from the type 1 to type 2 AGN appears to be smooth. The type 2 AGN are less luminous and have less accreting super massive black holes. The unified model for Seyfert galaxies seems to hold, showing in hard X-rays that the central engine is the same in Seyfert 1 and 2, but seen under different inclination angles and absorption. The fundamental plane links the accretion mechanism with the bulge of the host galaxy and with the mass of the central engine in the same way in all types of Seyfert galaxies. All tables of this paper are also available in electronic form at the CDS via anonymous ftp to cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr (130.79.128.5) or via http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?J/A+A/505/417

Mots clés: galaxies: active; galaxies: Seyfert; X-rays: galaxies; surveys; catalogs

Domaines: Phénomènes cosmiques de haute energie [astro-ph.HE]; Phénomènes cosmiques de haute energie [astro-ph.HE]

V. Beckmann, S. Soldi, C. Ricci, J. Alfonso-Garzón, T. J.-L. Courvoisier, et al.. The second INTEGRAL AGN catalogue. Astronomy and Astrophysics - A&A, 2009, 505, pp.417-439. ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/200912111⟩. ⟨hal-00656047⟩