The Phoenix Deep Survey: the radio properties of the hard X-ray selected sample

Abstract

The radio properties of hard (2-8keV) X-ray selected sources are explored by combining a single 50ks XMM-Newton pointing with the ultra-deep and homogeneous Phoenix radio (1.4GHz) survey (Hopkins et al. 2003). A total of 43 sources are detected above the X-ray flux limit f_X(2-8keV)=7.7e-15cgs with 14 of them exhibiting radio emission above ~40muJy (3sigma). The X-ray/radio matched population lies in the borderline between radio loud and quiet AGNs and comprises sources with both soft and hard X-ray spectral properties suggesting both obscured and unobscured systems. The spectroscopically identified sub-sample (total of 6 X-ray/radio matches) comprises narrow emission line AGNs (4) with hard X-ray spectral properties and broad line sources (2) with soft X-ray spectra. We find evidence that the fraction of X-ray/radio matches increases from ~20% for sources with rest-frame column density N_H<1e22cm^-2 to \~50% for more absorbed systems. Poor statistics however, limit the significance of the above result to the ~2sigma level. Also, the X-ray/radio matched sources have flatter coadded X-ray spectrum (Gamma=1.78^{+0.05}_{-0.03}) compared to sources without radio emission (Gamma=2.00^{+0.03}_{-0.04}). A possible explanation for the higher fraction of absorbed sources with radio emission at the muJy level is the presence of circum-nuclear starburst activity that both feeds and obscures the central engine. For a small sub-sample of z~0.4 radio emitting AGNs with N_H>1e22cm^-2 their combined spectrum exhibits a soft X-ray component that may be associated with star-formation activity, although other possibilities cannot be excluded. We also find that radio emitting AGNs make up about 13-20% of the hard-band X-ray background depending on the adopted normalisation.

arXiv commentTo appear in MNRAS, for full resolution images and data see http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/ahopkins/phoenix/

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