TY - JOUR
T1 - ASCA observations of two ultraluminous IRAS galaxies
T2 - IRAS 15307+3252 and IRAS 20460+1925
AU - Ogasaka, Yasushi
AU - Inoue, Hajime
AU - Brandt, William N.
AU - Fabian, Andrew C.
AU - Kii, Tsuneo
AU - Nakagawa, Takao
AU - Fujimoto, Ryuichi
AU - Otani, Chiko
PY - 1997/1/1
Y1 - 1997/1/1
N2 - We report on ASCA observations of two ultraluminous far-infrared galaxies, IRAS 15307+3252 and IRAS 20460+1925. An X-ray flux of 1.53 × 10-12 erg cm-2 s-1 in the 2-10 keV band was detected from IRAS 20460+1925. The continuous spectrum is well represented by a power law with a photon index of 1.99+0.18-0.15 and excess photoelectric absorption by a column of (2.6+0.29-0.32) × 1022 cm-2 in the rest frame. The spectrum also shows an iron K emission line with an equivalent width of 260+145-137 eV and a centroid energy of 6.36±0.08 keV in the rest frame. These spectral properties are consistent with those of Seyfert-2 galaxies, although the intrinsic 2-10 keV X-ray luminosity (corrected for absorption) of 1.20 × 1044 erg s-1 is high and close to that of quasars. No X-rays were detected from IRAS 15307+3252, and the upper limit to the X-ray flux is 7.2 × 10-14 erg cm-2 s-1 in the 2-10 keV band. However, the upper limit on the ratio of the X-ray flux to the far-infrared flux is not inconsistent with a source containing a highly obscured quasar.
AB - We report on ASCA observations of two ultraluminous far-infrared galaxies, IRAS 15307+3252 and IRAS 20460+1925. An X-ray flux of 1.53 × 10-12 erg cm-2 s-1 in the 2-10 keV band was detected from IRAS 20460+1925. The continuous spectrum is well represented by a power law with a photon index of 1.99+0.18-0.15 and excess photoelectric absorption by a column of (2.6+0.29-0.32) × 1022 cm-2 in the rest frame. The spectrum also shows an iron K emission line with an equivalent width of 260+145-137 eV and a centroid energy of 6.36±0.08 keV in the rest frame. These spectral properties are consistent with those of Seyfert-2 galaxies, although the intrinsic 2-10 keV X-ray luminosity (corrected for absorption) of 1.20 × 1044 erg s-1 is high and close to that of quasars. No X-rays were detected from IRAS 15307+3252, and the upper limit to the X-ray flux is 7.2 × 10-14 erg cm-2 s-1 in the 2-10 keV band. However, the upper limit on the ratio of the X-ray flux to the far-infrared flux is not inconsistent with a source containing a highly obscured quasar.
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U2 - 10.1093/pasj/49.2.179
DO - 10.1093/pasj/49.2.179
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0031286927
VL - 49
SP - 179
EP - 185
JO - Publication of the Astronomical Society of Japan
JF - Publication of the Astronomical Society of Japan
SN - 0004-6264
IS - 2
ER -