AGN in the XMM-Newton first-light image as probes for the interstellar medium in the LMC
Astrophysics
2009-10-31 v1
Abstract
The XMM-Newton first-light image revealed X-ray point sources which show heavily absorbed power-law spectra. The spectral indices and the probable identification of a radio counterpart for the brightest source suggest AGN shining through the interstellar gas of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The column densities derived from the X-ray spectra in combination with HI measurements will allow to draw conclusions on HI to H_2 ratios in the LMC and compare these with values found for the galactic plane.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0011431,
title = {AGN in the XMM-Newton first-light image as probes for the interstellar medium in the LMC},
author = {F. Haberl and K. Dennerl and M. D. Filipovic and B. Aschenbach and W. Pietsch and J. Truemper},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0011431},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, LaTex, 4 figures, Accepted for publication in A&A Letters