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OBSID:
25258
 Title:
COMPTON-THICK AGN: THE HUNT CONTINUES        
Investigator:
Silver
 Observer:
Silver, Ross
 Phone:
4105043466
 Email:
rosssilver.astro@gmail.com
Target Name:
2MFGC 9836
 Sequence Number:
704304
 Instrument:
ACIS-S
 Grating:
NONE
 SI Mode:
TE_006BEB
 Raster Scan:
N
 Annotated DOT:
DEC1321a

Proposal Number:
23700077
 Right Ascension:
187.206
 Declination:
-29.6274
 Status:
archived
 Start Date:
2021-12-18 03:34:04
Category:
ACTIVE GALAXIES AND QUASARS
 Type:
GO
 AO Cycle:
23
 Dither Flag:
Y
 Y Offset:
0
 Z Offset:
0
Est. Count Rate:
0.007
 Order-1 Count Rate:

 Exposure Time:
10
 Time Remaining:
10.050
 Reqd Start Time:

 Reqd Stop Time:
Period:

 Epoch:

 Start of Period:

 End of Period:

 PS Margin:

 PE Margin:

 Max Segments:
0

ACIS Mode:
TE
 Standard?:
No
 BEP Mode:
F
 Dropped Chip Count:
0
 Optional Chips:
I2
On-Chip Summing?:
No
 Row Sum:

 Column Sum:

 Frame Time:
Subarray Mode:
NONE
 Starting Row:
0
 Row Count:
1023
 Subarray Frame Time:

Duty Cycle?:
No
 Cycle Count:
0
 Primary Exp Time:

 Secondary Exp Time:
Event Filter?:
No
 Filter Threshold:

 Filter Range:

 Bias Requested?:
No
 Bias Frequency:

 Bias After?:
No
 Spatial Window?:
No

Abstract:
The X-ray spectral analysis of new Compton thick (CT-) active galactic nuclei (AGN) represents a fundamental step to understand the physics of the obscuring material surrounding accreting super-massive black holes. However, at the present day, CT-AGN remain extremely hard to detect. Implementing previously successful selection criteria, we propose to target 6 low-redshift candidate CT-AGN from the Swift-BAT 150-month catalog with 10 ks Chandra observations each to confirm their CT nature. Moreover, we aim to discover new AGN with extended emission out to kpc scales, which has been recently detected in a small sample of CT-AGN. This analysis will help determine the true intrinsic fraction of CT-AGN in the local universe and contribute to the knowledge of AGN feedback on their host galaxy.

psci Run:
129
 Processing Date:
Dec 30 2021
 psci Directory:
/nfs/maaxnew/r3/fd/acis118c/acis118.log
OBSID:
25258
 SIM Mode:
ACIS-S
 OTG Mode:
NONE
 Seq Number:
704304
 Target Name:
2MFGC_9836
 AO:
23
Start VCDU:
63515:096
 Start Time (UTC):
352:13938.452
 Stop Time (UTC):
352:24002.367
 Kilosecs:
10.1
 % Frames:
100.0
 # CCDs:
I5
# Frames:
3204
 # Events:
477643
 Events/sec:
47
 PSCI errors:
0
 % drops:
0.0
 Bias Errs:
0
 FP Temp:
-111.9
Parameter Block:
0x006be034
 Window Block:
-
 # Windows:
0
 FEP Mode:
Te3x3
 BEP Mode:
F
 Start Row:
0
 # Rows:
1024
Primary Exposure:
31
 Secondary Exposure:
0
 Duty Cycle:
0
 Summing?:
No
 Bias?:
Yes
 Trickle?:
Yes
 Bias Run:
129

pgf@space.mit.edu Sat Mar 29 10:37:19 EST 2025