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镓团簇中的发光X射线AGN

Luminous X-ray AGN in Clusters of Galaxies

E. Koulouridis, M. Plionis

摘要:

为了研究团间热环境对活动星系核触发的影响,我们对16个Abell团的活动星系核进行了红移范围为0.073<z<0.279的X射线超密度研究。对于L_x>= 10^{42} erg/s^{-1}(在星系团红移处)和半径为1 h^{-1}_{72} Mpc的区域(不包括核心),估算了活动星系核的X射线超密度。为了研究星系团区域内活动星系核发光X射线是否真的增强,我们还利用适当的$r$波段星等范围,导出了相应的光学星系超密度。我们总是发现后者相对于相应的X射线过密度明显更高(只有在两种情况下大致相等)。在整个星系团样本中,平均X射线点源过密度比明亮光学星系的低4倍,这种差异在>0.995的水平上是显著的,正如适当的t-学生检验所示。我们的结论是,在富星系团中发光的X射线活动星系核的触发被强烈抑制。此外,寻找与我们的星团相关的所有X射线源的光学SDSS对应物,我们发现大约一半似乎是背景类星体,而其他的是背景和前景AGN或恒星。因此,与星系团相关的X射线点源的真实过密度甚至比我们的统计方法所揭示的还要小。

英文摘要:

We present a study of X-ray AGN overdensities in 16 Abell clusters, within the redshift range 0.073<z<0.279, in order to investigate the effect of the hot inter-cluster environment on the triggering of the AGN phenomenon. The X-ray AGN overdensities, with respect to the field expectations, were estimated for sources with L_x>= 10^{42} erg s^{-1} (at the redshift of the clusters) and within an area of 1 h^{-1}_{72} Mpc radius (excluding the core). To investigate the presence or not of a true enhancement of luminous X-ray AGN in the cluster area, we also derived the corresponding optical galaxy overdensities, using a suitable range of $r$-band magnitudes. We always find the latter to be significantly higher (and only in two cases roughly equal) with respect to the corresponding X-ray overdensities. Over the whole cluster sample, the mean X-ray point-source overdensity is a factor of ~4 less than that corresponding to bright optical galaxies, a difference which is significant at a >0.995 level, as indicated by an appropriate t-student test. We conclude that the triggering of luminous X-ray AGN in rich clusters is strongly suppressed. Furthermore, searching for optical SDSS counterparts of all the X-ray sources, associated with our clusters, we found that about half appear to be background QSOs, while others are background and foreground AGN or stars. The true overdensity of X-ray point sources, associated to the clusters, is therefore even smaller than what our statistical approach revealed.

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