| Abstract |
ABSTRACT X-ray properties of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) depend on their underlying physical parameters, particularly the accretion rate. We identified eight reverberation-mapped AGNs with some of the largest known accretion rates without high-quality X-ray data. We obtained new Chandra ACIS-S X-ray observations and nearly simultaneous optical spectrophotometry to investigate the properties of these AGNs with extreme super-Eddington accreting massive black holes (SEAMBHs). We combined our new X-ray measurements with those of other reverberation-mapped AGNs, which have the best-determined masses and accretion rates. The trend of the steepening of the spectral slope between X-ray and optical-UV, αox, with increasing optical-UV luminosity, $L_{\rm 2500{\mathring{\rm A}}}$, holds true for even the most extreme SEAMBHs. One of our new SEAMBHs appears X-ray-weak for its luminosity, perhaps due to absorption associated with orientation effects involving a slim disc thought to be present in highly accreting systems. The correlation of the $\rm 2\!-\!8~ keV$ X-ray photon index with the accretion rate also holds for the extreme SEAMBHs, which show some of the largest photon indices reported for AGNs. |
| Authors |
Jaya Maithil  , Michael S. Brotherton  , Ohad Shemmer , B. Luo , Pu Du , Jian-Min Wang , Hu Chen , S. C. Gallagher , Yanrong Li , R. Nemmen
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| Journal Info |
Oxford University Press | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , vol: 528
, iss: 2
, pages: 1542 - 1554
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| Publication Date |
1/11/2024 |
| ISSN |
0035-8711 |
Type |
article |
| Open Access |
hybrid
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| DOI |
https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae115 |
| Keywords |
Accretion Disks (Score: 0.54937) , X-Ray Spectroscopy (Score: 0.51463)
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