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高红移类星体成簇中并合驱动活动的证据

Evidence for Merger-Driven Activity in the Clustering of High Redshift Quasars

Stuart Wyithe, Abraham Loeb

摘要:

最近,在红移为z~4的类星体中测量到了一个很大的团簇长度。结合观测到的类星体光度函数,我们评估了这种聚类对类星体光度和暗物质晕质量之间关系的影响。我们的分析允许类星体光度和晕质量之间的关系的非线性和有限的散射,以及光度依赖的类星体寿命。在我们的建模中,额外的新成分是由于类星体活动的合并驱动性质,在观测到的偏差超过潜在的晕偏差的超额津贴。我们发现,只有当以下两个条件成立时,才能解释成团和光度函数的观测:(i)光度与晕质量比随晕质量增加而增加;(ii)观测到的成团幅度超过了仅从晕偏差所预期的。后一结果在99%水平上具有统计学显著性。总之,这些观测结果为合并驱动的类星体活动提供了令人信服的证据,黑洞的增长受到反馈的限制。与以往的分析不同,我们发现,在光度晕质量关系中可能存在高达1 dex的散射,并且类星体聚类不能用来估计类星体的寿命。

英文摘要:

Recently, a very large clustering length has been measured for quasars at a redshift of z~4. In combination with the observed quasar luminosity function we assess the implications of this clustering for the relationship between quasar luminosity and dark matter halo mass. Our analysis allows for non-linearity and finite scatter in the relation between quasar luminosity and halo mass, as well as a luminosity dependent quasar lifetime. The additional novel ingredient in our modelling is the allowance for an excess in the observed bias over the underlying halo bias owing to the merger driven nature of quasar activity. We find that the observations of clustering and luminosity function can be explained only if both of the following conditions hold: (i) The luminosity to halo mass ratio increases with halo mass; (ii) The observed clustering amplitude is in excess of that expected solely from halo bias. The latter result is statistically significant at the 99% level. Taken together, the observations provide compelling evidence for merger driven quasar activity, with a black-hole growth that is limited by feedback. In difference from previous analyses, we show that there could be scatter in the luminosity halo mass relation of up to 1 dex, and that quasar clustering can not be used to estimate the quasar lifetime.

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