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从2SLAQ LRG巡天看z~0.55射电星系的成团

The clustering of radio galaxies at z~0.55 from the 2SLAQ LRG survey

David A. Wake, Scott M. Croom, Elaine M. Sadler, Helen M. Johnston

摘要:

我们利用2SLAQ亮红星系巡天(LRG)的数据研究了红移为0.4<z<0.8的低功率射电星系的成团特性。我们发现,无线电探测到的LRGs(光学光度为3-5L* 和1.4GHz的无线电功率在1 e24和1 e26 W/Hz之间)显着更集群比无线电安静的LRGs具有相同的光学光度和颜色分布的匹配样本。对于无线电探测和无线电静默样品,2 pt自关联函数的测量标度长度r 0分别为12.3+/-1.2 1/h Mpc和9.02+/-0.52 1/h Mpc。使用晕模型框架,我们证明了射电强LRG的典型晕质量为10.1+/-1.4 x10^13 1/h M_sun,而射电静样本的典型晕质量为6.44+/-0.32 x10^13 1/h M_sun。一个模型中,无线电探测到的LRGs几乎所有的中央星系晕内提供了最佳的拟合,我们估计,至少有30%的LRGs具有相同的集群幅度的无线电探测到的LRGs目前无线电响亮。我们的研究结果表明,射电响亮的LRG通常占据更多的质量晕比其他LRG的相同的光学光度,所以发现一个射电响亮的活动星系核的概率在z~0.55的大质量星系晕质量的影响,除了依赖于光学光度。如果我们将LRG的射电大声部分F_rad建模为晕质量M的函数,则数据可以很好地拟合为F_rad \propto M^(0.65+/-0.23)的幂律形式。射电辐射和星系团强度之间的关系可能是通过更高的气体燃料速率到达最大质量晕中的星系中心黑洞(产生更强大的射电喷流),或者通过更密集的IGM(为喷流提供更有效的工作表面,从而提高其射电光度)。

英文摘要:

We examine the clustering properties of low-power radio galaxies at redshift 0.4<z<0.8, using data from the 2SLAQ Luminous Red Galaxy (LRG) survey. We find that radio-detected LRGs (with optical luminosities of 3-5L* and 1.4GHz radio powers between 1e24 and 1e26 W/Hz) are significantly more clustered than a matched sample of radio-quiet LRGs with the same distribution in optical luminosity and colour. The measured scale length of the 2pt auto-correlation function, r0, is 12.3+/-1.2 1/h Mpc and 9.02+/-0.52 1/h Mpc for the radio-detected and radio-quiet samples respectively. Using the halo model framework we demonstrate that the radio-loud LRGs have typical halo masses of 10.1+/-1.4 x10^13 1/h M_sun compared to 6.44+/-0.32 x10^13 1/h M_sun for the radio-quiet sample. A model in which the radio-detected LRGs are almost all central galaxies within haloes provides the best fit, and we estimate that at least 30% of LRGs with the same clustering amplitude as the radio-detected LRGs are currently radio-loud. Our results imply that radio-loud LRGs typically occupy more massive haloes than other LRGs of the same optical luminosity, so the probability of finding a radio-loud AGN in a massive galaxy at z~0.55 is influenced by the halo mass in addition to the dependence on optical luminosity. If we model the radio-loud fraction of LRGs, F_rad, as a function of halo mass M, then the data are well-fitted by a power law of the form F_rad \propto M^(0.65+/-0.23). The relationship between radio emission and clustering strength could arise either through a higher fuelling rate of gas onto the central black holes of galaxies in the most massive haloes (producing more powerful radio jets) or through the presence of a denser IGM (providing a more efficient working surface for the jets, thus boosting their radio luminosity).

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