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The Composite Nature of Dust-obscured Galaxies (DOGs) at z ∼ 2–3 in the COSMOS Field. II. The AGN Fraction

Riguccini, Laurie A.; Treister, Ezequiel; Menéndez-Delmestre, Karin; Cardamone, Carolin; Civano, Francesca; Gonçalves, Thiago S.; Hasinger, Guenther; Koekemoer, Anton M.; Lanzuisi, Giorgio; Floc’h, Emeric Le; Lusso, Elisabeta; Lutz, Dieter; Marchesi, Stefano; Miyaji, Takamitsu; Pozzi, Francesca; Ricci, Claudio; Rodighiero, Giulia; Salvato, Mara; Sanders, Dave; Schawinski, Kevin; Suh, Hyewon

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Authors

Laurie A. Riguccini

Ezequiel Treister

Karin Menéndez-Delmestre

Carolin Cardamone

Francesca Civano

Thiago S. Gonçalves

Guenther Hasinger

Anton M. Koekemoer

Giorgio Lanzuisi

Emeric Le Floc’h

Dieter Lutz

Stefano Marchesi

Takamitsu Miyaji

Francesca Pozzi

Claudio Ricci

Giulia Rodighiero

Mara Salvato

Dave Sanders

Kevin Schawinski

Hyewon Suh



Abstract

We present the X-ray properties of 108 Dust-Obscured Galaxies (DOGs; F 24 μm/F R > 1000) in the COSMOS field, all of which are detected in at least three far-infrared bands with the Herschel Observatory. Out of the entire sample, 22 are individually detected in the hard 2–8 keV X-ray band by the Chandra COSMOS Legacy survey, allowing us to classify them as AGN. Six (27%) of them are Compton-thick AGN candidates with column densities N H > 1024 cm−2, while 15 are moderately obscured AGNs with 1022 < N H < 1024 cm−2. Additionally, we estimate AGN contributions to the IR luminosity (8–1000 μm rest-frame) greater than 20% for 19 DOGs based on SED decomposition using Spitzer/MIPS 24 μm and the five Herschel bands (100–500 μm). Only 7 of these are detected in X-rays individually. We performed an X-ray stacking analysis for the 86 undetected DOGs. We find that the AGN fraction in DOGs increases with 24 μm flux and that it is higher than that of the general 24 μm population. However, no significant difference is found when considering only X-ray detections. This strongly motivates the combined use of X-ray and far-IR surveys to successfully probe a wider population of AGNs, particularly for the most obscured ones.

Citation

Riguccini, L. A., Treister, E., Menéndez-Delmestre, K., Cardamone, C., Civano, F., Gonçalves, T. S., …Suh, H. (2019). The Composite Nature of Dust-obscured Galaxies (DOGs) at z ∼ 2–3 in the COSMOS Field. II. The AGN Fraction. Astronomical Journal, 157(6), Article 233. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ab16cd

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Apr 5, 2019
Online Publication Date May 21, 2019
Publication Date Jun 30, 2019
Deposit Date Jun 6, 2019
Publicly Available Date Jun 6, 2019
Journal Astronomical Journal
Print ISSN 0004-6256
Publisher IOP Publishing
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 157
Issue 6
Article Number 233
DOI https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ab16cd

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