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PEP调查:无线电选择的AGN的红外特性

The PEP Survey: Infrared Properties of Radio-Selected AGN

M. Magliocchetti, D. Lutz, D. Rosario, S. Berta, E. Le Floc'h, B. Magnelli, F. Pozzi, L. Riguccini, P. Santini

摘要:

利用VLA-COSMOS和Herschel-PEP巡天,我们研究了射电选择活动星系核的远红外特性。为此,我们从VLA-COSMOS出发,考虑了1537,F[1.4 GHz]>0.06 mJy的源,并对其进行了可靠的红移估计,并仅根据它们的射电光度将它们细分为恒星形成星系和活动星系核。活动星系核的样本在所有z<~3.5的射电选择方面是完整的。832个射电源在PEP目录中有对应物。175是AGN。它们的红移分布与射电选择活动星系核总体的红移分布非常相似,在z~0.9和z~2.5处有两个明显的峰。我们发现,在FIR波长的无线电选择AGN被检测到的概率是无线电功率和红移的函数,从而强大的源更有可能是FIR发射器在较早的时代。这是由于两个不同的影响:1)在所有的无线电光度,FIR活动单调增加与回望时间和2)活动星系核起源的无线电活动越来越不有效地抑制FIR发射。具有远红外发射的射电选择活动星系核优先位于比具有远红外不活跃源的星系小的星系中。此外,在z<~2的情况下,似乎存在一个优先的(恒星)质量标度M ~[10^{10}-10 ^<$11}] Msun,它使远红外辐射的机会最大化。我们发现这种远红外(和中红外)辐射是由于与那些为恒星形成星系提供动力的过程无法区分的过程。因此,至少有35%的活动星系核的射电辐射是两个贡献的总和:活动星系核的吸积和宿主星系内的恒星形成过程。

英文摘要:

By exploiting the VLA-COSMOS and the Herschel-PEP surveys, we investigate the Far Infrared (FIR) properties of radio-selected AGN. To this purpose, from VLA-COSMOS we considered the 1537, F[1.4 GHz]>0.06 mJy sources with a reliable redshift estimate, and sub-divided them into star-forming galaxies and AGN solely on the basis of their radio luminosity. The AGN sample is complete with respect to radio selection at all z<~3.5. 832 radio sources have a counterpart in the PEP catalogue. 175 are AGN. Their redshift distribution closely resembles that of the total radio-selected AGN population, and exhibits two marked peaks at z~0.9 and z~2.5. We find that the probability for a radio-selected AGN to be detected at FIR wavelengths is both a function of radio power and redshift, whereby powerful sources are more likely to be FIR emitters at earlier epochs. This is due to two distinct effects: 1) at all radio luminosities, FIR activity monotonically increases with look-back time and 2) radio activity of AGN origin is increasingly less effective at inhibiting FIR emission. Radio-selected AGN with FIR emission are preferentially located in galaxies which are smaller than those hosting FIR-inactive sources. Furthermore, at all z<~2, there seems to be a preferential (stellar) mass scale M ~[10^{10}-10^{11}] Msun which maximizes the chances for FIR emission. We find such FIR (and MIR) emission to be due to processes indistinguishable from those which power star-forming galaxies. It follows that radio emission in at least 35% of the entire AGN population is the sum of two contributions: AGN accretion and star-forming processes within the host galaxy.

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