CAIXA: a Catalogue of AGN In the XMM-Newton Archive - Correlations

• Published in: arXiv.org
• Main Authors: Bianchi, Stefano, Nuria Fonseca Bonilla, Guainazzi, Matteo, Giorgio, Matt, Ponti, Gabriele
• Format: Paper Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 26.02.2009
• Subjects: Active galactic nuclei; Archives & records; Confidence intervals; Correlation; Fluxes; Optical properties; Physics - Astrophysics of Galaxies; X ray spectra; XMM (spacecraft)
• ISSN: 2331-8422
• DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.0902.4539

We presented CAIXA, a Catalogue of AGN in the XMM-Newton Archive, in Bianchi et al. (2009). It consists of all the radio-quiet X-ray unobscured (N\(_\mathrm{H}<2\times10^{22}\) cm\(^{-2}\)) active galactic nuclei (AGN) observed by XMM-Newton in targeted observations, whose data are public as of March 2007. With its 156 sources, this is the largest catalogue of high signal-to-noise X-ray spectra of AGN. All the EPIC pn spectra of the sources in CAIXA were extracted homogeneously and a baseline model was applied in order to derive their basic X-ray properties. These data are complemented by multiwavelength data found in the literature: Black Hole masses, Full Width Half Maximum (FWHM) of Hbeta, radio and optical fluxes. A systematic search for correlations between the X-ray spectral properties and the multiwavelength data was performed for the sources in CAIXA. We discuss here some of the significant (>99.9 % confidence level) correlations.