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z<0.1射电星系的分子气体含量:联系AGN吸积模式与宿主星系性质

The Molecular Gas Content of z<0.1 Radio Galaxies: Linking the AGN Accretion Mode to Host Galaxy Properties

V. Smolcic, D. A. Riechers

摘要:

现代宇宙学的主要成就之一是所谓的“统一模型”,它在一个单一的物理方案中成功地描述了大多数种类的活动星系核。然而,有一类特殊的射电发光活动星系核,目前还不能在这个框架内解释-“低激发”射电活动星系核(LERAGN)。最近,有人提出了一种设想,预测LERAGN和它们的常规“高激发”射电活动星系核(HERAGN)对应物代表星系演化的不同阶段(红序列与绿谷)。这些不同的演化状态预计也会反映在它们的宿主星系特性中,特别是它们的冷气含量。为了验证这一点,在这里,我们提出了CO(1-0)的观察对样本的11个这些系统进行CARMA。结合我们的观察与文献数据,我们推导出分子气体质量(或上限)的一个完整的,有代表性的,样品21 z<0.1的射电活动星系核。我们的研究结果表明,HERAGN的平均气体质量比LERAGN高7倍。我们还推断年轻的恒星年龄,较低的恒星,晕,和中央超大质量的黑色质量,以及较高的黑洞吸积效率在HERAGN相对于LERAGN。这些发现支持了这样一种观点,即高激发和低激发射电活动星系核形成了两个物理上不同的星系群,反映了大质量星系形成的不同阶段。

英文摘要:

One of the main achievements in modern cosmology is the so-called `unified model', which successfully describes most classes of active galactic nuclei (AGN) within a single physical scheme. However, there is a particular class of radio-luminous AGN that presently cannot be explained within this framework -- the `low-excitation' radio AGN (LERAGN). Recently, a scenario has been put forward which predicts that LERAGN, and their regular `high-excitation' radio AGN (HERAGN) counterparts represent different (red sequence vs. green valley) phases of galaxy evolution. These different evolutionary states are also expected to be reflected in their host galaxy properties, in particular their cold gas content. To test this, here we present CO(1-0) observations toward a sample of 11 of these systems conducted with CARMA. Combining our observations with literature data, we derive molecular gas masses (or upper limits) for a complete, representative, sample of 21 z<0.1 radio AGN. Our results yield that HERAGN on average have a factor of ~7 higher gas masses than LERAGN. We also infer younger stellar ages, lower stellar, halo, and central supermassive black masses, as well as higher black hole accretion efficiencies in HERAGN relative to LERAGN. These findings support the idea that high- and low-excitation radio AGN form two physically distinct populations of galaxies that reflect different stages of massive galaxy build-up.

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