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关于局部射电活动星系核总体中的基本二分法:吸积、演化和宿主星系性质

On the fundamental dichotomy in the local radio-AGN population: accretion, evolution, and host galaxy properties

P. N. Best, T. M. Heckman

摘要:

利用SDSS DR7与NVSS和FIRST射电巡天资料相结合的方法,得到了18286个射电活动星系核的样本。使用这个样本,“高激发”(或“类星体模式”; HERG)和“低激发”(“射电模式”; LERG)射电星系之间的差异进行了研究。一个主要的区别是中央黑洞的爱丁顿尺度吸积率的不同性质:HERG的吸积率通常在爱丁顿的1%到10%之间,而LERG的吸积率主要在1%以下。这是一致的模型,其中人口二分法是由辐射效率和效率低下的吸积模式之间的切换,在低吸积率。本地射电光度函数分别为两个人口,显示,虽然LERG占主导地位,在低光度和HERG以上1e26 W/Hz,这两个类的例子都被发现在所有的射电光度。使用V/Vmax测试,它表明,在固定的无线电光度的人口显示差异的宇宙演化:HERG在所有的光度发展强烈,而LERG显示弱或没有演变。这表明射电光度函数的光度依赖演化至少部分是由这两个群体对光度的相对贡献的变化所驱动的。源星系的宿主星系也是不同的:HERG通常具有较低的恒星质量,黑洞质量较低,颜色较蓝,4000-Ang的破裂较弱,表明恒星星族较年轻。这些结果提供了强有力的支持的图片,其中HERG的燃料在高速率通过辐射吸积盘的冷气体,可能来自合并和相互作用,而LERG的燃料通过低吸积率的辐射效率低下的流量,往往是由气体与热X射线晕的宿主星系/集群,作为一个无线电AGN反馈回路的一部分(删节)。

英文摘要:

A sample of 18286 radio-loud AGN is presented, constructed by combining the SDSS DR7 with the NVSS and FIRST radio surveys. Using this sample, the differences between `high-excitation' (or `quasar-mode'; HERG) and `low-excitation' (`radio-mode'; LERG) radio galaxies are investigated. A primary difference is the distinct nature of the Eddington-scaled accretion rate onto their central black holes: HERGs typically have accretion rates between 1 and 10% of Eddington, whereas LERGs predominatly accrete at a rate below 1% Eddington. This is consistent with models where the population dichotomy is caused by a switch between radiatively efficient and inefficient accretion modes at low accretion rates. Local radio luminosity functions are derived separately for the two populations, showing that although LERGs dominate at low luminosity and HERGs above 1e26 W/Hz, examples of both classes are found at all radio luminosities. Using the V/Vmax test it is shown that the populations show differential cosmic evolution at fixed radio luminosity: HERGs evolve strongly at all luminosities, while LERGs show weak or no evolution. This suggests that the luminosity-dependent evolution of the radio luminosity function is driven, at least in part, by the changing relative contributions of these two populations with luminosity. The host galaxies of the sources are also distinct: HERGs are typically of lower stellar mass, with lower black hole masses, bluer colours and weaker 4000-Ang breaks indicating younger stellar populations. These results offer strong support to the picture in which HERGs are fuelled at high rates through radiative accretion disks by cold gas, perhaps from mergers and interactions, while LERGs are fuelled via radiatively inefficient flows at low accretion rates, often by gas associated with the hot X-ray haloes of their host galaxy/cluster, as part of a radio-AGN feedback loop (abridged).

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