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光选2类星体的空间密度

Space density of optically-selected type 2 quasars

Reinabelle Reyes, Nadia L. Zakamska, Michael A. Strauss, Joshua Green, Julian H. Krolik, Yue Shen, Gordon Richards, Scott Anderson, Donald Schneider

摘要:

2型类星体是明亮的活动星系核(AGN),其中心区域被大量的气体和尘埃所掩盖。在本文中,我们提出了一个目录的类型2类星体从斯隆数字巡天(SDSS),选择基于其光学发射线。该星表包含887个红移z < 0.83的天体;这是以前版本的六倍,是迄今为止文献中最大的2型类星体样本。我们导出了[OIII]5008的光度函数,其中10^8.3 Lsun < L[OIII] < 10^10 Lsun(对应于内禀光度高达M[2400 A]-28 mag或辐射热光度高达4x10^47 erg/sec)。由于我们的选择标准、光谱目标选择的细节以及其他影响,这个光度函数为被遮蔽类星体的实际空间密度提供了很强的下限。我们推导出1型类星体(未遮蔽)完整样本的等效光度函数,然后,我们确定2型/1型类星体数密度的比值。我们的最佳数据将此比率限制为在z < 0.3时,10^8.3 Lsun < L[OIII] < 10^9.5 Lsun至少为1.5:1,在0.3 < z < 0.83时,L[OIII]=10^10 Lsun至少为1.2:1。在相对较近的宇宙(z < 0.8)中,2型类星体至少和1型类星体一样丰富,亮度最高。

英文摘要:

Type 2 quasars are luminous active galactic nuclei (AGN) whose central regions are obscured by large amounts of gas and dust. In this paper, we present a catalog of type 2 quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), selected based on their optical emission lines. The catalog contains 887 objects with redshifts z < 0.83; this is six times larger than the previous version and is by far the largest sample of type 2 quasars in the literature. We derive the [OIII]5008 luminosity function for 10^8.3 Lsun < L[OIII] < 10^10 Lsun (corresponding to intrinsic luminosities up to M[2400A]-28 mag or bolometric luminosities up to 4x10^47 erg/sec). This luminosity function provides strong lower limits to the actual space density of obscured quasars, due to our selection criteria, the details of the spectroscopic target selection, as well as other effects. We derive the equivalent luminosity function for the complete sample of type 1 (unobscured) quasars; then, we determine the ratio of type 2/type 1 quasar number densities. Our best data constrain this ratio to be at least 1.5:1 for 10^8.3 Lsun < L[OIII] < 10^9.5 Lsun at z < 0.3, and at least 1.2:1 for L[OIII]=10^10 Lsun at 0.3 < z < 0.83. Type 2 quasars are at least as abundant as type 1 quasars in the relatively nearby Universe (z < 0.8) for the highest luminosities.

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