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星暴-活动星系核的联系:年轻恒星星族在为超大质量黑洞提供燃料中的作用

The starburst-AGN connection: the role of young stellar populations in fueling supermassive black holes

Y. -M. Chen, J. -M. Wang, C. -S. Yan, C. Hu, S. Zhang

摘要:

追踪环核区(CNR)的恒星形成历史是理解恒星暴增与活动星系核联系的关键一步。然而,明亮的核心比整个宿主星系更亮,这阻碍了对I型活动星系核周围CNR的恒星星族的分析。中央环面对星系核的遮蔽为研究活动星系核宿主星系的恒星星族提供了一个独特的机会。我们收集了斯隆数字巡天第四版数据中的10848个红移范围为$0.03\le z\le 0.08$的II型活动星系核样本,并测量了过去1亿年中中心$\sim1-2$ kpc的平均比恒星形成率(SSFR)。我们发现中央黑洞(BH)的爱丁顿比($λ$)和平均SSFR之间存在紧密的相关性,强烈暗示超新星爆炸(SNexp)在气体向星系中心的运输中发挥了作用。我们概述了一个模型,这种连接占SNexp的CNRs的动态中的作用。在我们的模型中,由SNexp激发的湍流的粘性增强,因此角动量可以有效地传输,驱动流入星系中心。我们的模型解释了观测到的$λ\propto \rm SSFR^{1.5-2.0}$关系,表明活动星系核是由CNRs中的SNexp触发的。

英文摘要:

Tracing the star formation history in circumnuclear regions (CNRs) is a key step towards understanding the starburst-AGN connection. However, bright nuclei outshining the entire host galaxy prevent the analysis of the stellar populations of CNRs around type-I AGNs. Obscuration of the nuclei by the central torus provides an unique opportunity to study the stellar populations of AGN host galaxies. We assemble a sample of 10, 848 type-II AGNs with a redshift range of $0.03\le z\le 0.08$ from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey's Data Release 4, and measure the mean specific star formation rates (SSFRs) over the past 100Myr in the central $\sim1-2$ kpc . We find a tight correlation between the Eddington ratio ($λ$) of the central black hole (BH) and the mean SSFR, strongly implying that supernova explosions (SNexp) play a role in the transportation of gas to galactic centers. We outline a model for this connection by accounting for the role of SNexp in the dynamics of CNRs. In our model, the viscosity of turbulence excited by SNexp is enhanced, and thus angular momentum can be efficiently transported, driving inflows towards galactic centers. Our model explains the observed relation $λ\propto \rm SSFR^{1.5-2.0}$, suggesting that AGN are triggered by SNexp in CNRs.

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