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SDSS发光红色星系中微弱的、不断发展的无线电AGN

Faint, Evolving Radio AGN in SDSS Luminous Red Galaxies

J. A. Hodge, G. R. Zeimann, R. H. Becker, R. L. White

摘要:

我们探测并研究了亮红星系团中弱射电活动星系核的性质。LRG样本包括来自斯隆数字巡天(SDSS)成像数据构建的LRG测光红移目录的760,000个天体,以及来自SDSS光谱样本的65,000个LRG。这些星系在10 s-100 s的microJy中具有典型的1.4 GHz的通量密度,来自低光度AGN的贡献主导了恒星形成的任何贡献。为了探测这种微弱的物体的无线电特性,我们采用了堆叠技术,使第一次调查图像剪切在每个光学LRG位置进行排序的参数的利益和中位数组合内箱。我们发现射电光度中值与光学光度(L_opt)的标度为L_1.4 GHz ~ L_opt^(beta),其中beta从z = 0.4时的beta ~ 1减小到z = 0.7时的beta ~ 0,这一结果可能是活动星系核宇宙缩小的指示。我们还发现,整体LRG人口,这是占主导地位的低光度活动星系核,经历了显着的宇宙演化之间的z = 0.2和z = 0.7。这意味着这些具有红移的大质量椭圆星系的活动星系核加热总量有相当大的增加。通过匹配FIRST星表,我们研究了与双叶射电星系(FR I/II)相关的LRG的发生率和性质。(节录)

英文摘要:

We detect and study the properties of faint radio AGN in Luminous Red Galaxies (LRGs). The LRG sample comprises 760,000 objects from a catalog of LRG photometric redshifts constructed from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) imaging data, and 65,000 LRGs from the SDSS spectroscopic sample. These galaxies have typical 1.4 GHz flux densities in the 10s-100s of microJy, with the contribution from a low-luminosity AGN dominating any contribution from star formation. To probe the radio properties of such faint objects, we employ a stacking technique whereby FIRST survey image cutouts at each optical LRG position are sorted by the parameter of interest and median-combined within bins. We find that median radio luminosity scales with optical luminosity (L_opt) as L_1.4 GHz ~ L_opt^(beta), where beta appears to decrease from beta ~ 1 at z = 0.4 to beta ~ 0 at z = 0.7, a result which could be indicative of AGN cosmic downsizing. We also find that the overall LRG population, which is dominated by low-luminosity AGN, experiences significant cosmic evolution between z = 0.2 and z = 0.7. This implies a considerable increase in total AGN heating for these massive ellipticals with redshift. By matching against the FIRST catalog, we investigate the incidence and properties of LRGs associated with double-lobed (FR I/II) radio galaxies. (Abridged)

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