SRGAJ230631.0+155633: an extremely X-ray luminous, heavily obscured, radio-loud quasar at z=0.44 discovered by SRG/ART-XC
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| author | Uskov, Grigory Sazonov, Sergey Lapshov, Igor Mikhailov, Alexander Filippova, Ekaterina Lutovinov, Alexander Mereminskiy, Ilya Mochalina, Maria Semena, Andrey Tkachenko, Alexey |
| author_facet | Uskov, Grigory Sazonov, Sergey Lapshov, Igor Mikhailov, Alexander Filippova, Ekaterina Lutovinov, Alexander Mereminskiy, Ilya Mochalina, Maria Semena, Andrey Tkachenko, Alexey |
| contents | We report on a detailed study of a luminous, heavily obscured ($N_{\rm H} \sim 2 \times 10^{23}$ cm$^{-2}$), radio-loud quasar SRGAJ230631.0+155633, discovered in the 4--12 keV energy band by the Mikhail Pavlinsky ART-XC telescope aboard the SRG observatory during the first two years of its all-sky X-ray survey in 2020--2021. The object is located at $z=0.4389$ and is a type 2 AGN according to optical spectroscopy (SDSS, confirmed by DESI). We combine radio-to-X-ray data, including near-simultaneous ART-XC and Swift/XRT observations conducted in June 2023. During these follow-up observations, the source was found in a significantly fainter but still very luminous state ($L_{\rm X}=1.0^{+0.8}_{-0.3} \times 10^{45}$ erg s$^{-1}$, absorption corrected, 2--10 keV) compared to its discovery during the all-sky survey ($L_{\rm X}=6^{+6}_{-3}\times10^{45}$ erg s$^{-1}$), which indicates significant intrinsic variability on a rest-frame time scale of $\sim 1$ year. The radio data show a complex morphology with a core and two extended radio lobes, indicating a giant FRII radio galaxy. From multi-wavelength photometry and the black hole-bulge relation we infer a bolometric luminosity of $\sim 6\times10^{46}$ erg s$^{-1}$ and a black hole mass of $\sim1.4\times10^{9}\,M_\odot$, implying accretion at $\sim30$\% of the Eddington limit. SRGAJ230631.0+155633 proves to be one of the most luminous obscured quasars out to $z=0.5$. As such, it can serve as a valuable testbed for in-depth exploration of the physics of such objects, which were much more abundant in the younger Universe. |
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| spellingShingle | SRGAJ230631.0+155633: an extremely X-ray luminous, heavily obscured, radio-loud quasar at z=0.44 discovered by SRG/ART-XC Uskov, Grigory Sazonov, Sergey Lapshov, Igor Mikhailov, Alexander Filippova, Ekaterina Lutovinov, Alexander Mereminskiy, Ilya Mochalina, Maria Semena, Andrey Tkachenko, Alexey High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena We report on a detailed study of a luminous, heavily obscured ($N_{\rm H} \sim 2 \times 10^{23}$ cm$^{-2}$), radio-loud quasar SRGAJ230631.0+155633, discovered in the 4--12 keV energy band by the Mikhail Pavlinsky ART-XC telescope aboard the SRG observatory during the first two years of its all-sky X-ray survey in 2020--2021. The object is located at $z=0.4389$ and is a type 2 AGN according to optical spectroscopy (SDSS, confirmed by DESI). We combine radio-to-X-ray data, including near-simultaneous ART-XC and Swift/XRT observations conducted in June 2023. During these follow-up observations, the source was found in a significantly fainter but still very luminous state ($L_{\rm X}=1.0^{+0.8}_{-0.3} \times 10^{45}$ erg s$^{-1}$, absorption corrected, 2--10 keV) compared to its discovery during the all-sky survey ($L_{\rm X}=6^{+6}_{-3}\times10^{45}$ erg s$^{-1}$), which indicates significant intrinsic variability on a rest-frame time scale of $\sim 1$ year. The radio data show a complex morphology with a core and two extended radio lobes, indicating a giant FRII radio galaxy. From multi-wavelength photometry and the black hole-bulge relation we infer a bolometric luminosity of $\sim 6\times10^{46}$ erg s$^{-1}$ and a black hole mass of $\sim1.4\times10^{9}\,M_\odot$, implying accretion at $\sim30$\% of the Eddington limit. SRGAJ230631.0+155633 proves to be one of the most luminous obscured quasars out to $z=0.5$. As such, it can serve as a valuable testbed for in-depth exploration of the physics of such objects, which were much more abundant in the younger Universe. |
| title | SRGAJ230631.0+155633: an extremely X-ray luminous, heavily obscured, radio-loud quasar at z=0.44 discovered by SRG/ART-XC |
| topic | High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.13658 |