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2dF- SDSS LRG和QSO巡天:0.4<z<2.6时的QSO光度函数

The 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO Survey: the QSO luminosity function at 0.4<z<2.6

Scott M. Croom, Gordon T. Richards, Tom Shanks, Brian J. Boyle, Michael A. Strauss, Adam D. Myers, Robert C. Nichol, Kevin A. Pimbblet, Nicholas P. Ross, Donald… 展开作者

Scott M. Croom, Gordon T. Richards, Tom Shanks, Brian J. Boyle, Michael A. Strauss, Adam D. Myers, Robert C. Nichol, Kevin A. Pimbblet, Nicholas P. Ross, Donald P. Schneider, Robert G. Sharp, David A. Wake

摘要:

我们提出的类星体光度函数的完成2dF-SDSS LRG和类星体(2SLAQ)的调查,根据类星体的光度选择从斯隆数字巡天成像数据,然后观察光谱使用2dF仪器的英澳望远镜。我们分析了10637个类星体,红移范围为0.4<z<2.6,g带通量极限为21.85(消光校正),绝对连续震级为Mg(z=2)<-21.5。这个样品的面积为191.9平方度。分箱后的类星体光度函数与较亮的SDSS主类星体样本一致,但延伸了约2.5 mags,清楚地显示出光度函数向微弱绝对星等方向的平坦化。与2dF类星体红移巡天相比,2SLAQ在g>20.0时发现了过量的类星体,正如Richards等人(2005)之前发现的那样。光度函数与之前在2SLAQ深度上产生的其他小得多的样本一致。通过结合2SLAQ和SDSS类星体样本,我们产生了一个类星体光度函数,具有前所未有的精度和动态范围的组合。有了这个,我们就能够准确地约束QSO LF的亮端和暗端。虽然类星体低频演化的总体趋势似乎与纯粹的光度演化相似,但数据显示与这种模型有很大的偏离。最值得注意的是,我们看到了明显的证据,即暗类星体的数密度峰值在红移比亮类星体低的地方:Mg&gt;-23的类星体的空间密度峰值在z&lt;1,而Mg 2的类星体<-26 peak at z>。通过拟合简单的光度函数模型在窄镁间隔,我们发现,这种缩小是显着的99.98%的水平(删节)。

英文摘要:

We present the QSO luminosity function of the completed 2dF-SDSS LRG and QSO (2SLAQ) survey, based on QSOs photometrically selected from Sloan Digital Sky Survey imaging data and then observed spectroscopically using the 2dF instrument on the Anglo-Australian Telescope. We analyse 10637 QSOs in the redshift range 0.4<z<2.6 to a g-band flux limit of 21.85 (extinction corrected) and an absolute continuum magnitude of Mg(z=2)<-21.5. This sample covers an area of 191.9 deg^2. The binned QSO luminosity function agrees with that of the brighter SDSS main QSO sample, but extends ~2.5 mags fainter, clearly showing the flattening of the luminosity function towards faint absolute magnitudes. 2SLAQ finds an excess of QSOs compared to the 2dF QSO Redshift Survey at g>20.0, as found previously by Richards et al. (2005). The luminosity function is consistent with other previous, much smaller, samples produced to the depth of 2SLAQ. By combining the 2SLAQ and SDSS QSO samples we produce a QSO luminosity function with an unprecedented combination of precision and dynamic range. With this we are able to accurately constrain both the bright and faint ends of the QSO LF. While the overall trends seen in the evolution of the QSO LF appear similar to pure luminosity evolution, the data show very significant departures from such a model. Most notably we see clear evidence that the number density of faint QSOs peaks at lower redshift than bright QSOs: QSOs with Mg>-23 have space densities which peak at z<1, while QSOs at Mg<-26 peak at z>2. By fitting simple luminosity function models in narrow Mg intervals we find that this downsizing is significant at the 99.98 per cent level (abridged).

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