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星系团中AGN的宇宙演化

The Cosmic Evolution of AGN in galaxy clusters

Audrey Galametz, Daniel Stern, Peter R. M. Eisenhardt, Mark Brodwin, Michael J. I. Brown, Arjun Dey, Anthony H. Gonzalez, Buell T. Jannuzi, Leonidas A. Moustakas, S. Adam Stanford

摘要:

我们提出了与一个均匀选择的星系团样本确定在8.5平方度的Bootes领域的NOAO深宽视场调查发光的活动星系核(AGN)的表面密度。这些星系团分布在很大的红移范围内(0 < z < 1.5),我们用三个不同的选择标准来识别活动星系核:中红外颜色,射电光度和X射线光度。相对于磁场,我们注意到在z > 0.5的星系团中心的0.5Mpc范围内活动星系核的数量有一个明显的超密度。这种活动星系核超密度的幅度随红移而增大。虽然有显着差异的活动星系核人口探测每一种选择技术,集群活动星系核表面密度的上升一般比场类星体更陡峭。特别地,X射线选择的活动星系核在1 < z < 1.5的星系团中比在0.5 < z < 1的星系团中至少多三倍。这种影响比我们的聚类样本的中位数丰富度的演变所能解释的要强。因此,我们确认存在一个Butcher-Oemler型效应的活动星系核的星系团,与星系团的活动星系核的数量增加的红移。

英文摘要:

We present the surface density of luminous active galactic nuclei (AGN) associated with a uniformly selected galaxy cluster sample identified in the 8.5 square degree Bootes field of the NOAO Deep Wide-Field Survey. The clusters are distributed over a large range of redshift (0 < z < 1.5) and we identify AGN using three different selection criteria: mid-IR color, radio luminosity, and X-ray luminosity. Relative to the field, we note a clear overdensity of the number of AGN within 0.5 Mpc of the cluster centers at z > 0.5. The amplitude of this AGN overdensity increases with redshift. Although there are significant differences between the AGN populations probed by each selection technique, the rise in cluster AGN surface density generally increases more steeply than that of field quasars. In particular, X-ray selected AGN are at least three times more prevalent in clusters at 1 < z < 1.5 compared to clusters at 0.5 < z < 1. This effect is stronger than can be explained by the evolving median richness of our cluster sample. We thus confirm the existence of a Butcher-Oemler type effect for AGN in galaxy clusters, with the number of AGN in clusters increasing with redshift.

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