The Compton-thick AGN in the GPS radio source OQ+208

C. Stanghellini (2); E; (2) Istituto di Radioastronomia del CNR; I); I; (3) IAS/CNR; M. Guainazzi (1); Noto; P. Grandi (3) ((1) XMM-Newton Science Operation Center/RSSD-ESA; Roma; Villafranca del Castillo

arxiv: astro-ph/0208587 · v1 · submitted 2002-08-30 · 🌌 astro-ph

The Compton-thick AGN in the GPS radio source OQ+208

M. Guainazzi (1) , C. Stanghellini (2) , P. Grandi (3) ((1) XMM-Newton Science Operation Center/RSSD-ESA , Villafranca del Castillo , E; (2) Istituto di Radioastronomia del CNR , Noto , I; (3) IAS/CNR , Roma

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We report in this paper the ASCA discovery of the first radio-loud Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) covered by a Compton-thick X-ray absorber, in the GigaHertz Peaked Spectrum (GPS) radio source OQ+208. It represents one of the few available direct measurements of dense matter in the nuclear environment of this class of sources, which may provide the confining medium to the radio-emitting region if GPS sources are indeed "frustrated" classical radio doubles. The perspective of future studies with XEUS are discussed.

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