@article{10902/4084,
year = {2012},
month = {11},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10902/4084},
abstract = {We present the results of a campaign of simultaneous X-ray and optical observations of ‘true’
type 2 Seyfert galaxies candidates, i.e. active galactic nuclei without a broad-line region (BLR).
Out of the initial sample composed of eight sources, one object, IC 1631, was found to be a
misclassified starburst galaxy, another, Q2130−431, does showbroad optical lines, while other
two, IRAS 01428−0404 and NGC 4698, are very likely absorbed by Compton-thick gas along
the line of sight. Therefore, these four sources are not unabsorbed Seyfert 2s as previously
suggested in the literature. On the other hand, we confirm that NGC 3147, NGC 3660 and
Q2131−427 belong to the class of true type 2 Seyfert galaxies, since they do not show any
evidence for a broad component of the optical lines nor for obscuration in their X-ray spectra.
These three sources have low accretion rates (˙m = Lbol/LEdd<~0.01), in agreement with
theoretical models which predict that the BLR disappears below a critical value of Lbol/LEdd.
The last source, Mrk 273x, would represent an exception even of these accretion-dependent
versions of the Unification Models, due to its high X-ray luminosity and accretion rate, and
no evidence for obscuration. However, its optical classification as a Seyfert 2 is only based on
the absence of a broad component of Hβ, due to the lack of optical spectra encompassing the
Hα band.},
organization = {We thank A. Laor and J. Stern for useful discussions, and the anonymous referee for helping us in improving the manuscript. SB, GM and AW acknowledge financial support from ASI (grant
1/023/05/0). FP acknowledges support from INTEGRAL ASI I/033/10/0, and FP and AW from ASI/INAF I/009/10/0. XB and FJC acknowledge partial financial support from the Spanish Ministerio
de Ciencia e Innovación project AYA2010-21490-C02-01.},
publisher = {The Royal Astronomical Society},
publisher = {Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2012, 426(4), 3225-3240},
title = {Simultaneous X-ray and optical observations of true type 2 Seyfert galaxies},
author = {Bianchi, Stefano and Panessa, Francesca and Barcons Jaúregui, Francesc Xavier and Carrera Troyano, Francisco Jesús and La Franca, Fabio and Matt, Giorgio and Onori, Francesca and Wolter, Anna and Corral Ramos, Amalia and Monaco, Lorenzo and Ruiz Camuñas, Ángel and Brightman, Murray},
}