SUMMARY OF PROPOSAL 63022

DR ROBERT S WARWICK
RSW@STAR.LE.AC.UK

UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER
UNIVERSITY ROAD
LEICESTER
UK LE1 7RH
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Subject: AGN

SOFT X-RAY LUMINOUS SEYFERT 2 GALAXIES


ABSTRACT

We propose ASCA observations of 4 soft X-ray luminous (Lx > 10^ 42.5 ergs/s), bona-fide, Seyfert 2 galaxies detected in the ROSAT all-sky survey, as an extension of an earlier ASCA EAO-4 programme. The high soft X-ray luminosities of these objects suggest that either we are observing through abnormally low columns, atypical of Seyfert 2 galaxies, or alternatively these are the most soft X-ray luminous Seyfert 2 objects known. In any case, these hard X-ray observations are expected to provide important constraints on AGN unification and X-ray emission models. It is possible that we are dealing with a new class of type II AGN, which could be very important for recent models of the cosmic X-ray background.

CO-INVESTIGATORS
CO-I NAME INSTITUTE COUNTRY
MARTIN WARDLEICESTER UNIV.UK
IOANNIS GEORGANTOPOULOSLEICESTER UNIV.UK
DAVE SMITHLEICESTER UNIV.UK
GARETH GRIFFITHSLEICESTER UNIV.UK
SHIRO UENOKYOTO UNIV.JAPAN

TARGETS

TARGET NAMEPRIRADECTIMETCOFFGISSIS CNTOBS
2)IRAS12323-3659
2
188.7692-37.2607 40 ksN
N
P
0.05000
1