BASS XLVIII: [Ne v] λ3427 Emission in Powerful Nearby Active Galactic Nuclei
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| author | Reiss, Tomer Trakhtenbrot, Benny Ricci, Claudio Bauer, Franz E. Koss, Michael J. Ichikawa, Kohei Kakkad, Darshan Mushotzky, Richard Oh, Kyuseok Peca, Alessandro Bär, Rudolf Diaz, Yaherlyn Harrison, Fiona Powell, Meredith C. Sani, Eleonora Stern, Daniel Urry, C. Megan |
| author_facet | Reiss, Tomer Trakhtenbrot, Benny Ricci, Claudio Bauer, Franz E. Koss, Michael J. Ichikawa, Kohei Kakkad, Darshan Mushotzky, Richard Oh, Kyuseok Peca, Alessandro Bär, Rudolf Diaz, Yaherlyn Harrison, Fiona Powell, Meredith C. Sani, Eleonora Stern, Daniel Urry, C. Megan |
| contents | We investigate the high-ionization, narrow [Ne v] $λ$3427 emission line in a sample of over 340 ultrahard X-ray (14-195 keV) selected Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) drawn from the BASS project. The analysis includes measurements in individual and stacked spectra, and considers several key AGN properties such as X-ray luminosity, supermassive black hole (SMBH) mass, Eddington ratios, and line-of-sight column density. The [Ne v] $λ$3427 line is robustly detected in ~43% (146/341) of the AGN in our sample, with no significant trends between the detection rate and key AGN/SMBH properties. In particular, the detection rate remains high even at the highest levels of obscuration (>70% for log[N_H/cm^-2] > 23). On the other hand, even some of our highest signal-to-noise spectra (S/N > 50) lack a robust [Ne v] detection. The typical (median) scaling ratios between [Ne v] line emission and (ultra-)hard X-ray emission in our sample are log L[Ne v]/L(14-150 keV) = -3.75 and log L[Ne v]/L(2-10 keV) = -3.36. The scatter on these scaling ratios, of ~0.5 dex, is comparable to, and indeed smaller than, what is found for other commonly used tracers of AGN radiative outputs (e.g., [O III] $λ$5007). Otherwise, we find no significant relations between the (relative) strength of [Ne v] and the basic AGN/SMBH properties under study, in contrast with simple expectations from models of SMBH accretion flows. Our results reaffirm the usability of [Ne v] as an AGN tracer even in highly obscured systems, including dual AGN and high redshift sources. |
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| spellingShingle | BASS XLVIII: [Ne v] λ3427 Emission in Powerful Nearby Active Galactic Nuclei Reiss, Tomer Trakhtenbrot, Benny Ricci, Claudio Bauer, Franz E. Koss, Michael J. Ichikawa, Kohei Kakkad, Darshan Mushotzky, Richard Oh, Kyuseok Peca, Alessandro Bär, Rudolf Diaz, Yaherlyn Harrison, Fiona Powell, Meredith C. Sani, Eleonora Stern, Daniel Urry, C. Megan Astrophysics of Galaxies We investigate the high-ionization, narrow [Ne v] $λ$3427 emission line in a sample of over 340 ultrahard X-ray (14-195 keV) selected Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) drawn from the BASS project. The analysis includes measurements in individual and stacked spectra, and considers several key AGN properties such as X-ray luminosity, supermassive black hole (SMBH) mass, Eddington ratios, and line-of-sight column density. The [Ne v] $λ$3427 line is robustly detected in ~43% (146/341) of the AGN in our sample, with no significant trends between the detection rate and key AGN/SMBH properties. In particular, the detection rate remains high even at the highest levels of obscuration (>70% for log[N_H/cm^-2] > 23). On the other hand, even some of our highest signal-to-noise spectra (S/N > 50) lack a robust [Ne v] detection. The typical (median) scaling ratios between [Ne v] line emission and (ultra-)hard X-ray emission in our sample are log L[Ne v]/L(14-150 keV) = -3.75 and log L[Ne v]/L(2-10 keV) = -3.36. The scatter on these scaling ratios, of ~0.5 dex, is comparable to, and indeed smaller than, what is found for other commonly used tracers of AGN radiative outputs (e.g., [O III] $λ$5007). Otherwise, we find no significant relations between the (relative) strength of [Ne v] and the basic AGN/SMBH properties under study, in contrast with simple expectations from models of SMBH accretion flows. Our results reaffirm the usability of [Ne v] as an AGN tracer even in highly obscured systems, including dual AGN and high redshift sources. |
| title | BASS XLVIII: [Ne v] λ3427 Emission in Powerful Nearby Active Galactic Nuclei |
| topic | Astrophysics of Galaxies |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.08179 |