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高z类星体宿主中的恒星形成:来自斯皮策PAH探测的证据

Star formation in the hosts of high-z QSOs: Evidence from Spitzer PAH detections

D. Lutz, E. Sturm, L. J. Tacconi, E. Valiante, M. Schweitzer, H. Netzer, R. Maiolino, P. Andreani, O. Shemmer, S. Veilleux

摘要:

我们给出了12个z~2 mm亮的第1类星体的Spitzer静止帧中红外光谱,它们来自于无透镜和有透镜的类星体样品,覆盖了活动星系核光学光度L_5100=10^45至10^47 erg/s的范围。在活动星系核连续体的顶部,我们检测到PAH发射的发光恒星形成在9个对象单独以及在复合光谱的完整样本。PAH光度与静止坐标系远红外光度的相关性是低光度局地类星体相似相关性的延伸。这提供了强有力的证据,强烈的恒星形成在主机的这些毫米明亮的类星体,有时超过1000 Msun/年,并主导其休息帧远红外辐射。对于发光的z~2类星体,由于它们的毫米辐射没有被预先选定,因此PAH对恒星形成率的限制是较低的。部分取决于活动星系核尘埃覆盖因子和活动星系核本身尘埃光谱能量分布的系统性变化,活动星系核对静止帧远红外波段的光谱能量分布可能起支配作用。对于最明亮的高z类星体,恒星形成和活动星系核光度之间的关系是平坦的,这是观察到较低的红移类星体。在我们的样本中,没有一个类星体的PAH测量的恒星形成率超过3000 Msun/yr。

英文摘要:

We present Spitzer rest-frame mid-infrared spectroscopy of twelve z~2 mm-bright type 1 QSOs, selected from unlensed and lensed QSO samples and covering a range of AGN optical luminosities L_5100=10^45 to 10^47 erg/s. On top of the AGN continuum, we detect PAH emission from luminous star formation in nine objects individually as well as in the composite spectrum for the full sample. PAH luminosity and rest frame far-infrared luminosity correlate and extend the similar correlation for lower luminosity local QSOs. This provides strong evidence for intense star formation in the hosts of these mm-bright QSOs, sometimes exceeding 1000 Msun/yr and dominating their rest frame far-infrared emission. The PAH-based limit on star formation rates is lower for luminous z~2 QSOs that are not preselected for their mm emission. Partly dependent on systematic changes of the AGN dust covering factor and the dust spectral energy distribution of the AGN proper, the spectral energy distributions of mm-faint high-z QSOs may be AGN dominated out to rest frame far-infrared wavelengths. Towards the most luminous high-z QSOs, there is a flattening of the relation between star formation and AGN luminosity that is observed for lower redshift QSOs. No QSO in our sample has a PAH-measured star formation rate in excess of 3000 Msun/yr.

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