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We found a very likely counterpart to the recently discovered hard X-ray source IGR J2018+4043 in the multi-wavelength observations of the source field. The source, originally discovered in the 20-40 keV band, is now confidently detected…

We aim to exploit the available INTEGRAL/SPI data to provide time-averaged spectra of the brightest soft gamma-ray sources. Employing a maximum-likelihood fit technique for our SPI data analysis, we take as input to our source model the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-14 D. Petry , V. Beckmann , H. Halloin , A. Strong

We present the results of optical spectroscopic identifications of a bright subsample of 2-10keV hard X-ray selected sources from the ASCA Medium Sensitivity Survey in the northern sky. The flux limit of the subsample is 3*10^-13 erg s^-1…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Masayuki Akiyama , Yoshihiro Ueda , Kouji Ohta , Tadayuki Takahashi , Toru Yamada

We present the first results from the \xmm Galactic Plane Survey (XGPS). In the first phase of the programme, 22 pointings were used to cover a region of approximately three square degrees between 19\deg -- 22\deg in Galactic longitude and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. D. P. Hands , R. S. Warwick , M. G. Watson , D. J. Helfand

We compare mid-infrared emission-line properties, from high-resolution Spitzer spectra of a hard X-ray (14 -- 195 keV) selected sample of nearby (z < 0.05) AGN detected by the Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) aboard Swift. The luminosity…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 K. A. Weaver , M. Meléndez , R. F. Mushotzky , S. Kraemer , K. Engle , E. Malumuth , J. Tueller , C. Markwardt , C. T. Berghea , R. P. Dudik , L. M. Winter , L. Armus

We present a new method for determining the sensitivity of X-ray imaging observations, which correctly accounts for the observational biases that affect the probability of detecting a source of a given X-ray flux, without the need to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Georgakakis , K. Nandra , E. S. Laird , J. Aird , M. Trichas

We present a study of the X-ray properties of a volume-limited sample of optically selected emission-line galaxies. The sample is derived from a correlation between the KPNO International Spectroscopic Survey (KISS), an H-alpha-selected…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Samantha L. Stevenson , John J. Salzer , Vicki L. Sarajedini , Edward C. Moran

We have discovered four AGN in the ROSAT all-sky-survey data with very steep X-ray spectra. We apply several models to these X-ray spectra with emphasis on warm absorber models which give an adequate description of the data. We report on…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Greiner , R. Danner , N. Bade , G. A. Richter , P. Kroll , S. Komossa

We analyze the $2-10$~keV X-ray emission of complete samples of AGN and galaxies selected at 12$\mu$m and recently compiled by Rush, Malkan \& Spinoglio (1993). As a necessary complement we also study the IR emissivity of the largest sample…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 X. Barcons , A. Franceschini , G. De Zotti , L. Danese , T. Miyaji

We analyse the spectra of the archival XMM-Newton data of the Seyfert 1 AGN Zw 229.015 in the energy range $0.3 - 10.0$ keV. When fitted with a simple power-law, the spectrum shows signatures of weak soft excess below 1.0 keV. We find that…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-12-21 Oluwashina Adegoke , Suvendu Rakshit , Banibrata Mukhopadhyay

We present XMM-Newton observations of three AGN taken as part of a hunt to find very heavily obscured Compton-thick AGN. For obscuring columns greater than 10^25 cm^-2, AGN are only visible at energies below 10 keV via reflected/scattered…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 M. L. Trippe , C. S. Reynolds , M. Koss , R. F. Mushotzky , L. M. Winter

We analyse the ROSAT PSPC hardness ratio and the 0.5-2 keV to 2-10 keV flux ratio of 65 Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) for which there are both ROSAT archival observations available and 2-10 keV fluxes, mostly from the HEAO-1 MC-LASS survey.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 M. Teresa Ceballos , Xavier Barcons

Seyfert-type AGN that exhibit unusually strong and steep soft X-ray spectra are reviewed, building on observations made during the ROSAT all-sky survey. Two individual cases are described in brief detail, both being identified initially in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 K. A. Pounds , W. N. Brandt

We present mid-infrared spectroscopy of a sample of 16 optically faint infrared luminous galaxies obtained with the Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) on the Spitzer Space Telescope. These sources were jointly selected from Spitzer and Chandra…

We have surveyed 188 ROSAT PSPC fields for X-ray sources with hard spectra (alpha<0.5); such sources must be major contributors to the X-ray background at faint fluxes. In this paper we present optical identifications for 62 of these…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 M. J. Page , J. P. D. Mittaz , F. J. Carrera

We present results from the photometric and spectroscopic identification of 122 X-ray sources discovered by XMM-Newton in the 2-10 keV band (the HELLAS2XMM 1dF sample). One of the most interesting results (which is found also in deeper…

We analyse the ROSAT PSPC spectrum of 19 X-ray selected Narrow Emission Line Galaxies (NELGs) discovered during the optical identification of sources in the ROSAT UK Deep Survey. Their properties are compared to those of broad line Active…