Hard X-ray View of HCG 16 (Arp 318)

Abstract

We report the hard X-ray (3-50 keV) view of the compact group HCG 16 (Arp 318) observed with Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR). NGC 838 and NGC 839 are undetected at energies above 8 keV, showing no evidence of heavily obscured active galactic nuclei (AGNs). This confirms that these are starburst-dominant galaxies as previously suggested. We perform a comprehensive broadband (0.3-50 keV) X-ray spectral analysis of the interacting galaxies NGC 833 and NGC 835, using data of NuSTAR, Chandra, and XMM-Newton observed on multiple epochs from 2000 to 2015. NuSTAR detects the transmitted continua of low-luminosity active galactic nuclei (LLAGNs) in NGC 833 and NGC 835 with line-of-sight column densities of $\approx 3\times 10^{23}$ cm${}^{-2}$ and intrinsic 2-10 keV luminosities of $\approx 3\times 10^{41}$ erg s${}^{-1}$. The iron-K$\alpha$ to hard X-ray luminosity ratios of NGC 833 and NGC 835 suggest that their tori are moderately developed, which may have been triggered by the galaxy interactions. We find that NGC 835 underwent long-term variability in both intrinsic luminosity (by a factor of 5) and absorption (by $\Delta N_{\mathrm{H}}\approx 2\times 10^{23}$ cm${}^{-2}$). We discuss the relation between the X-ray and total infrared luminosities in local LLAGNs hosted by spiral galaxies. The large diversity in their ratios is consistent with the the general idea that the mass accretion process in the nucleus and the star forming activity in the disk are not strongly coupled, regardless of the galaxy environment.

arXiv comment11 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ

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