2025ApJ...981..111G -
Astrophys. J., 981, 111 (2025/March-2)
X-Ray Emission Properties of a Compact Symmetric Object Sample.
GAN Y.-Y., YAO S., WU T.-Z., ZHANG H.-M. and ZHANG J.
Abstract (from CDS):
We present a comprehensive analysis of the X-ray observations obtained from XMM-Newton and Chandra for a sample of bona-fide Compact Symmetric Objects (CSOs) to investigate their X-ray emission properties. Ultimately, we obtain 32 effective X-ray observational spectra from 17 CSOs. Most spectra can be well described by an absorbed single power-law model, with the exception of six spectra requiring an additional component in the soft X-ray band and two spectra exhibiting an iron emission line component. The data analysis results unveil the diverse characteristics of X-ray emission from CSOs. The sample covers X-ray luminosity ranging within 1040-1045 erg s–1, intrinsic absorbing column density (${N}_{{\rm{H}}}^{{\rm{int}}}$) ranging within 1020-1023 cm–2, and photon spectral index (ΓX) ranging within 0.75-3.0. None of the CSOs in our sample have ${N}_{{\rm{H}}}^{{\rm{int}}}$ > 1023 cm–2, indicating that the X-ray emission in these CSOs is not highly obscured. The distribution of ΓX for these CSOs closely resembles that observed in a sample of radio-loud quasars and low-excitation radio galaxies (RGs). In the radio-X-ray luminosity panel, these CSOs exhibit a distribution more akin to FR I RGs than FR II RGs, characterized by higher luminosities. The positive correlation between ΓX and the Eddington ratio, which has been noted in radio-quiet active galactic nuclei, is not observed in these CSOs. These findings suggest that although the contribution of the disk-corona system cannot be completely ruled out, jet/lobe radiation likely plays a dominant role in the X-ray emission of these CSOs.
Abstract Copyright:
© 2025. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.
Journal keyword(s):
Active galactic nuclei - X-ray active galactic nuclei - Relativistic jets - Non-thermal radiation sources
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