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González-Martín, O.; Masegosa, J.; Márquez, I.
Bibliographical reference
Populations of High Energy Sources in Galaxies Proceedings of the 230th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, Held in Dublin, Ireland 15-19 August 2005, Edited by E. J. A. Meurs; G. Fabbiano. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006., pp.223-227
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Description
We report the results from an homogeneous analysis of the X-ray
(ACIS-S/Chandra) data available for a sample of 52 LINER galaxies. The
X-ray morphology has been classified attending to their nuclear
compactness in the hard band (4.5-8.0 keV), into 2 categories: AGN-like
nuclei (with a clearly identified unresolved nuclear source) and
Starburst-like nuclei (without a clear nuclear source). 60% of the total
sample are classified as AGNs, with a median luminosity of
LX(2.0-10.0 keV)=2.5× 1040 erg
s-1, which is an order of magnitude higher than that for
SB-like nuclei. The spectral fitting allows to conclude that most of the
objects need a non-negligible thermal contribution. When no spectral
fitting can be performed (low signal-to-noise ratio), the Color-Color
diagrams allow us to compute physical parameters such as density column,
temperature of the thermal model or spectral index and therefore to
analyze the origin of the X-ray emission. All X-ray morphology, spectral
fitting and Color-Color diagrams allow conclude that a high percentage
of LINER galaxies host AGN nuclei.