Fe K emission from the hidden quasar IRAS P09104+4109

A. C. Fabian; Y. Shioya; K. Iwasawa; K. Nandra; C. Crawford; R. Johnstone; H. Kunieda; R. Mcmahon; K. Makishima; T. Murayama; T. Ohashi; Y. Tanaka; Y. Taniguch̀i; Y. Terashima

doi:10.1086/187630

Fe K emission from the hidden quasar IRAS P09104+4109

A. C. Fabian, Y. Shioya, K. Iwasawa, K. Nandra, C. Crawford, R. Johnstone, H. Kunieda, R. Mcmahon, K. Makishima, T. Murayama, T. Ohashi, Y. Tanaka, Y. Taniguch̀i, Y. Terashima

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We report the discovery of a strong Fe K line in the ASCA spectrum of the infrared-luminous galaxy IRAS P09104+4109 at a redshift z = 0.442. It is the most distant Fe K emission line detected so far. The large equivalent width (EW ∼ 450 eV) and X-ray continuum spectrum, which has Γ ≈ 2.0 with little absorption, favors a model in which the observed X-rays are scattered into our line of sight from a hidden quasar. Previous work has shown that the source has strong narrow emission lines and a highly polarized continuum in the optical and a strong infrared excess, similar to Seyfert 2 galaxies. The observed X-ray luminosity is L_X ≈ 2 x 10⁴⁵ ergs s^-1 in the rest frame 2-10 keV band; the large obscuration suggested by the optical and infrared studies implies that the hidden quasar has an intrinsic luminosity of L_Bol = 5 x 10⁴⁷ ergs s^-1. Our results indicate that IRAS P09104+4109 is the prototype of a new class of Seyfert 2 nuclei, which emit at quasar luminosities.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	L51-L54
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	436
Issue number	1 PART 2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/187630
Publication status	Published - 1994 Nov 20

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Galaxies: active
X-rays: galaxies

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