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追踪活动星系核中最近膨胀星的形成历史

Tracing the History of Recent Bulge Star Formation in Active Galactic Nuclei

Xin Liu

摘要:

我们从斯隆数字巡天(SDSS)中光学选取了20,541个被遮蔽的活动星系核(红移约为0.1,热光度L_Bol约为10^43- 10^45 erg·s^-1),研究了黑洞吸积与核球恒星形成之间的关系,它们是回望时间(τ)的函数<z>。为了量化年龄小于典型活动星系核寿命的最近形成的恒星,我们估计了基于星族合成分析的分化比恒星形成率(SSFR_tau)。用[O III]5007光度和恒星速度色散分别作为L_Bol和黑洞质量的代用指标,推导了爱丁顿比(λ).我们发现,当τ &lt; tau_0时,SDSS活动星系核遵循幂律:λ \propto(SSFR_τ)^1.0 -1.1;当τ&gt; tau_0时,这种关系不成立。在年轻(年老)的核团中,阈值时间尺度tau_0为~ 0.1(~ 1)Gyr。幂律的离散性主要受观测不确定性的影响。这些结果可能会提供有用的模型解释活动星系核活动和球星形成之间的相关性的限制。

英文摘要:

We examine the relation between black hole accretion and bulge star formation as a function of look-back time (tau) in 20,541 obscured AGNs (with redshifts <z> ~ 0.1 and bolometric luminosities L_Bol ~ 10^43--10^45 erg s^-1) optically selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). To quantify the most recently formed stars with ages less than typical AGN lifetimes, we estimate the differentiated specific star formation rate (SSFR_tau) based on population synthesis analysis. Eddington ratio (lambda) is inferred using [O III]5007 luminosity and stellar velocity dispersion as proxies for L_Bol and black hole mass respectively. We find that when tau < tau_0, SDSS AGNs follow a power law: lambda \propto (SSFR_tau)^1.0-1.1; the relation flattens out when tau > tau_0. The threshold timescale tau_0 is ~ 0.1 (~ 1) Gyr in young (old) bulges. The scatter in the power laws is dominated by observational uncertainties. These results may provide useful constraints on models explaining the correlations between AGN activity and bulge star formation.

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