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在z~3.5处的模糊和强大的AGN和星暴活动

Obscured and powerful AGN and starburst activities at z~3.5

M. Polletta, A. Omont, S. Berta, J. Bergeron, C. S. Stalin, P. Petitjean, M. Giorgetti, G. Trinchieri, R. Srianand, H. J. McCracken, Y. Pei, H. Dannerbauer

摘要:

我们报告的两个源,z=3.867和z=3.427,表现出强大的星暴和活动星系核活动的发现。他们受益于CFHTLS-D1/SWIRE/XMDS调查的无线电和X射线数据。还提供后续光学和近红外光谱以及毫米IRAM/MAMBO观测。我们对它们的光谱能量分布进行了分析,以了解它们发射的起源并限制它们的光度。与其他复合系统在类似的红移从文献中的比较。活动星系核和星暴的辐射热光度约为10^13 Lsun。活动星系核的辐射主要集中在X射线、可见光和中红外波段,可能还包括射电辐射。星暴辐射在远红外区占主导地位。估计的恒星形成率范围从500到3000 Msun/年。活动星系核的近红外和X射线辐射在这两个源中都被严重遮蔽,估计尘埃消光Av>4,康普顿厚的气柱密度。这两个源是目前已知的在毫米波长下探测到的最模糊、最明亮的活动星系核。在这项工作中提出的来源是严重模糊的类星体,但他们的属性是不完全解释的标准AGN统一模型。在一个来源中,紫外和光学光谱表明存在外流气体和冲击,两个来源都显示来自热尘埃的发射,最有可能在核附近。在这两个来源中都发现了活动星系核驱动的中等射电活动的证据。这两个源处于局部M_BH-M_bulge关系。为了保持这种关系,它们的恒星形成率必须降低。我们的研究结果支持演化模型,调用无线电反馈作为恒星形成淬火机制,并建议这样的机制可能发挥重要作用,也在强大的活动星系核。

英文摘要:

We report the discovery of two sources at z=3.867 and z=3.427 that exhibit powerful starburst and AGN activities. They benefit from data from radio to X rays from the CFHTLS-D1/SWIRE/XMDS surveys. Follow-up optical and near-infrared spectroscopy, and millimeter IRAM/MAMBO observations are also available. We performed an analysis of their spectral energy distributions to understand the origin of their emission and constrain their luminosities. A comparison with other composite systems at similar redshifts from the literature is also presented. The AGN and starburst bolometric luminosities are ~10^13 Lsun. The AGN emission dominates at X ray, optical, mid-infrared wavelengths, and probably in the radio. The starburst emission dominates in the far-infrared. The estimated star formation rates range from 500 to 3000Msun/yr. The AGN near-infrared and X ray emissions are heavily obscured in both sources with an estimated dust extinction Av>4, and Compton-thick gas column densities. The two sources are the most obscured and most luminous AGNs detected at millimeter wavelengths currently known. The sources presented in this work are heavily obscured QSOs, but their properties are not fully explained by the standard AGN unification model. In one source, the ultraviolet and optical spectra suggest the presence of outflowing gas and shocks, and both sources show emission from hot dust, most likely in the vicinity of the nucleus. Evidence of moderate AGN-driven radio activity is found in both sources. The two sources lie on the local M_BH-M_bulge relation. To remain on this relation, their star formation rate has to decrease. Our results support evolutionary models that invoke radio feedback as star formation quenching mechanism, and suggest that such a mechanism might play a major role also in powerful AGNs.

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