THE X-RAY PROPERTIES OF TYPICAL HIGH-REDSHIFT RADIO-LOUD QUASARS
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Saez, C.
Brandt, W. N.
Shemmer, O.
Chomiuk, L.
Lopez, Laura A.
Miller, B. P.
Vignali, C.
Marshall, Herman
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August 2011
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Astrophysical Journal
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IOP Publishing
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Saez, C., W. N. Brandt, O. Shemmer, L. Chomiuk, L. A. Lopez, H. L. Marshall, B. P. Miller, and C. Vignali. “THE X-RAY PROPERTIES OF TYPICAL HIGH-REDSHIFT RADIO-LOUD QUASARS.” The Astrophysical Journal 738, no. 1 (August 11, 2011): 53. © 2011 The American Astronomical Society
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We report spectral, imaging, and variability results from four new XMM-Newton observations and two new Chandra observations of high-redshift (z ≳4) radio-loud quasars (RLQs). Our targets span lower, and more representative, values of radio loudness than those of past samples of high-redshift RLQs studied in the X-ray regime. Our spectral analyses show power-law X-ray continua with a mean photon index,[ Γ] = 1.74 ± 0.11, that is consistent with measurements of lower redshift RLQs. These continua are likely dominated by jet-linked X-ray emission, and they follow the expected anticorrelation between photon index and radio loudness. We find no evidence of iron Kα emission lines or Compton-reflection continua. Our data also constrain intrinsic X-ray absorption in these RLQs. We find evidence for significant absorption (N[subscript H] ≈ 1.7×10[superscript 22]cm[superscript −2]) in one RLQ of our sample (SDSS J0011+1446); the incidence of X-ray absorption in our sample appears plausibly consistent with that for high-redshift RLQs that have higher values of radio loudness. In the Chandra observation of PMN J2219−2719 we detect apparent extended (∼14 kpc) X-ray emission that is most likely due to a jet; the X-ray luminosity of this putative jet is ≈2% that of the core. The analysis of a 4.9 GHz Very Large Array image of PMN J2219−2719 reveals a structure that matches the X-ray extension found in this source. We also find evidence for long-term (450–460 days) X-ray variability by 80%–100% in two of our targets.
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https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/738/1/53
