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类星体中伴随的MgII吸收体与恒星形成之间的联系

On the link between associated MgII absorbers and star formation in quasar hosts

Yue Shen, Brice Ménard

摘要:

百分之几的类星体表现出强烈的相关MgII吸收,速度(v_off)位于类星体系统红移的几千公里/秒之内。这些相关的吸收线系统(AAL)通常被解释为吸收体,它们要么是类星体及其宿主固有的,要么是由聚集在类星体周围的外部星系产生的。利用从SDSS DR 7中选取的~ 1,800个MgII AAL类星体在0.4<~ z<~2处的合成光谱,我们表明,与未吸收的类星体相比,具有v_off<1500 km/s的AAL的类星体在静止时对类星体宿主的[OII]3727发射(在> 7 sigma处检测到)显著过量。我们将这种过剩解释为类星体宿主中恒星形成的增强。我们的研究结果表明,相当一部分v_off<1500 km/s的AAL在物理上与类星体及其宿主有关,并且很可能是典型速度为几百km/s的大规模流动。AAL类星体也有介于正常类星体和所谓的尘埃红化类星体之间的尘埃红化。我们认为,AAL类星体的独特性质可以解释为在类星体及其宿主的形成过程中,它们是从重尘红化类星体到正常类星体的过渡族群。这种情况下,预测一个更大的部分年轻的隆起,扰动的形态和AAL类星体主机的相互作用相比,正常的类星体。相关的吸收体和类星体宿主之间的内在联系为探索大质量星系形成和星系尺度的反馈过程打开了一扇新的窗口,并为类星体的进化图景提供了一个至关重要的测试。

英文摘要:

A few percent of quasars show strong associated MgII absorption, with velocities (v_off) lying within a few thousand km/s from the quasar systemic redshift. These associated absorption line systems (AALs) are usually interpreted as absorbers that are either intrinsic to the quasar and its host, or arising from external galaxies clustering around the quasar. Using composite spectra of ~1,800 MgII AAL quasars selected from SDSS DR7 at 0.4<~ z<~2, we show that quasars with AALs with v_off<1500 km/s have a prominent excess in [OII]3727 emission (detected at >7sigma) at rest to the quasar host, compared to unabsorbed quasars. We interpret this [OII] excess as due to enhanced star formation in the quasar host. Our results suggest that a significant fraction of AALs with v_off<1500 km/s are physically associated with the quasar and its host, and are most likely large-scale flows with typical velocities of a few hundred km/s. AAL quasars also have dust reddening lying between normal quasars and the so-called dust-reddened quasars. We suggest that the unique properties of AAL quasars can be explained if they are the transitional population from heavily dust-reddened quasar to normal quasars in the formation process of quasars and their hosts. This scenario predicts a larger fraction of young bulges, disturbed morphologies and interactions of AAL quasar hosts compared to normal quasars. The intrinsic link between associated absorbers and quasar hosts opens a new window to probe massive galaxy formation and galactic-scale feedback processes, and provides a crucial test of the evolutionary picture of quasars.

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