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光谱能量分布揭示的AGN和恒星形成星系对中红外的贡献

The Contribution of AGN and Star-Forming Galaxies to the Mid-Infrared as Revealed by their Spectral Energy Distributions

C. Gruppioni, F. Pozzi, M. Polletta, G. Zamorani, F. La Franca, N. Sacchi, A. Comastri, L. Pozzetti, C. Vignali, C. Lonsdale, M. Rowan-Robinson, J. Surace, D. S… 展开作者

C. Gruppioni, F. Pozzi, M. Polletta, G. Zamorani, F. La Franca, N. Sacchi, A. Comastri, L. Pozzetti, C. Vignali, C. Lonsdale, M. Rowan-Robinson, J. Surace, D. Shupe, F. Fang, I. Matute, S. Berta

摘要:

本文给出了中红外(MIR)选定星系和活动星系核(AGN)在中等红移处的最大可用的高度(72%)完整光谱样本的宽带光谱能量分布(SED)。该样本包含203个河外源,来自ELAIS-SWIRE场S1的15微米测量,所有这些源都具有测量的光谱红移。这些光源中的大多数具有从远紫外到远红外的全多波长覆盖,并且位于红移范围0.1<z<1.3。由于它的大小,这个样本使我们能够第一次对负责在MIR中观察到的强烈演变的源的光谱特性进行分析。基于SED拟合技术,我们对MIR源进行了分类,其中约50%的源识别出活动星系核。这一比例明显高于来自光学光谱(~29%),特别是由于在光谱分类为星系的物体中识别活动星系核活动。很可能在我们的大多数天体中,活动星系核要么被遮蔽,要么光度很低,因此它在任何波长上都不占主导地位,除了在MIR中,它正好出现在宿主星系SED具有最小值的范围内。活动星系核所占的比例强烈地依赖于通量密度,在S(15)~0.5-1 mJy时,通过SED拟合得到的比例约为20%,当S(15)>10 mJy时,逐渐增加到100%,而通过光谱法得到的比例即使在较高的通量密度下也不会超过30%。这项工作的结果将是非常有用的更新所有的模型,旨在解释深红外巡天数据,特别是,在中/高红移宇宙中的尘埃遮蔽系统的性质和作用的约束。

英文摘要:

We present the broad-band Spectral Energy Distributions (SEDs) of the largest available highly (72%) complete spectroscopic sample of mid-infrared (MIR) selected galaxies and AGN at intermediate redshift. The sample contains 203 extragalactic sources from the 15-micron survey in the ELAIS-SWIRE field S1, all with measured spectroscopic redshift. Most of these sources have full multi-wavelength coverage from the far-UV to the far-infrared and lie in the redshift range 0.1<z<1.3. Due to its size, this sample allows us for the first time to characterise the spectral properties of the sources responsible for the strong evolution observed in the MIR. Based on SED-fitting technique we have classified the MIR sources, identifying AGN signatures in about 50% of them. This fraction is significantly higher than that derived from optical spectroscopy (~29%) and is due in particular to the identification of AGN activity in objects spectroscopically classified as galaxies. It is likely that in most of our objects, the AGN is either obscured or of low-luminosity, and thus it does not dominate the energetic output at any wavelength, except in the MIR, showing up just in the range where the host galaxy SED has a minimum. The fraction of AGN strongly depends on the flux density, with that derived through the SED-fitting being about 20% at S(15)~0.5-1 mJy and gradually increasing up to 100% at S(15)>10 mJy, while that obtained from optical spectroscopy never being >30%, even at the higher flux densities. The results of this work will be very useful for updating all the models aimed at interpreting the deep infrared survey data and, in particular, for constraining the nature and the role of dust-obscured systems in the intermediate/high-redshift Universe.

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