Accretion rate in AGN and X-ray-to-optical flux ratio at z ≤ 0.2
Abstract
We explored a sample of 545 local galaxies using data from the 3XMM-DR7 and SDSS-DR8 surveys. We carried out all analyses up to z ∼ 0.2, and we studied the relation between X/O flux ratio and accretion rate for different classes of active galaxies such as LINERs and Seyfert 2. We obtained a slight correlation between the two parameters if the whole sample of AGN is used. However, LINERs and Sy2 galaxies show different properties, slight correlation and slight anti-correlation, respectively. This could confirm that LINERs and Sy2 galaxies have different accretion efficiencies and maybe different accretion disc properties, as has been suggested previously.
- Publication:
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Nuclear Activity in Galaxies Across Cosmic Time
- Pub Date:
- January 2021
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921320003208
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2003.13487
- Bibcode:
- 2021IAUS..356..314G
- Keywords:
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- galaxies;
- active;
- AGN;
- accretion rate;
- black hole masses;
- X-ray properties;
- optical properties;
- Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
- E-Print:
- 3 page, 4 figures, Proceedings paper of the IAU symposium "Nuclear Activity in Galaxies Across Cosmic Time" (Ethiopia) accepted to be published under the Cambridge University Press, eds. M. Povic, P. Marziani, J. Masegosa, H. Netzer, S. H. Negu, and S. B. Tessema