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The NuSTAR Extragalactic Surveys: Source Catalog and the Compton-thick Fraction in the UDS Field

Masini, A.; Civano, F.; Comastri, A.; Fornasini, F.; Ballantyne, D.R.; Lansbury, G.B.; Treister, E.; Alexander, D.M.; Boorman, P.G.; Brandt, W.N.; Farrah, D.; Gandhi, P.; Harrison, F.A.; Hickox, R.C.; Kocevski, D.D.; Lanz, L.; Marchesi, S.; Puccetti, S.; Ricci, C.; Saez, C.; Stern, D.; Zappacosta, L.

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Authors

A. Masini

F. Civano

A. Comastri

F. Fornasini

D.R. Ballantyne

G.B. Lansbury

E. Treister

P.G. Boorman

W.N. Brandt

D. Farrah

P. Gandhi

F.A. Harrison

R.C. Hickox

D.D. Kocevski

L. Lanz

S. Marchesi

S. Puccetti

C. Ricci

C. Saez

D. Stern

L. Zappacosta



Abstract

We present the results and the source catalog of the NuSTAR survey in the UKIDSS Ultra Deep Survey (UDS) field, bridging the gap in depth and area between NuSTAR's ECDFS and COSMOS surveys. The survey covers a ~0.6 deg2 area of the field for a total observing time of ~1.75 Ms, to a half-area depth of ~155 ks corrected for vignetting at 3–24 keV, and reaching sensitivity limits at half-area in the full (3–24 keV), soft (3–8 keV), and hard (8–24 keV) bands of 2.2 × 10−14 erg cm−2 s−1, 1.0 × 10−14 erg cm−2 s−1, and 2.7 × 10−14 erg cm−2 s−1, respectively. A total of 67 sources are detected in at least one of the three bands, 56 of which have a robust optical redshift with a median of $\langle z\rangle \sim 1.1$. Through a broadband (0.5–24 keV) spectral analysis of the whole sample combined with the NuSTAR hardness ratios, we compute the observed Compton-thick (CT; N H > 1024 cm−2) fraction. Taking into account the uncertainties on each N H measurement, the final number of CT sources is 6.8 ± 1.2. This corresponds to an observed CT fraction of 11.5% ± 2.0%, providing a robust lower limit to the intrinsic fraction of CT active galactic nuclei and placing constraints on cosmic X-ray background synthesis models.

Citation

Masini, A., Civano, F., Comastri, A., Fornasini, F., Ballantyne, D., Lansbury, G., …Zappacosta, L. (2018). The NuSTAR Extragalactic Surveys: Source Catalog and the Compton-thick Fraction in the UDS Field. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 235(1), Article 17. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/aaa83d

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jan 4, 2018
Online Publication Date Mar 8, 2018
Publication Date Mar 8, 2018
Deposit Date Apr 9, 2018
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Astrophysical Journal Supplement
Print ISSN 0067-0049
Electronic ISSN 1538-4365
Publisher American Astronomical Society
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 235
Issue 1
Article Number 17
DOI https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/aaa83d

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