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在分级星系形成中触发活动星系核:盘不稳定性与相互作用

Triggering Active Galactic Nuclei in Hierarchical Galaxy Formation: Disk instability vs. Interactions

N. Menci, M. Gatti, F. Fiore, A. Lamastra

摘要:

利用一个半解析的星系形成模型,研究了孤立星系盘不稳定性(DI)触发的黑洞吸积对活动星系核演化的影响。具体来说,我们采用,发展和扩展了Hopkins & Quataert(2011)模型的质量流入磁盘扰动,并比较相应的AGN人口的演变与星系相互作用触发AGN(IT模式)的情况下产生的。我们扩展和发展了DI模型,包括不同的磁盘表面密度轮廓,研究的最大贡献的DI的AGN的人口的演化。结果表明:(1)在$M_{1450}\gtrsim -26$的光度范围内,DI模可以提供与活动星系核光度函数相匹配的BH吸积,在$z \approx 4.5$的光度范围和红移范围内,DI模可以作为活动星系核宇宙演化的主要驱动力与IT方案相竞争; ii)DI方案不能提供观测到的具有$M_{1450}\lesssim -26$活动星系核的高光度类星体的丰度,也不能提供具有$M_{1450}\lesssim -24$的高红移$z \approx 4.5$类星体的丰度,而IT场景提供了一个可接受的匹配到$z \approx 6$,如我们最早的作品中所发现的; iii)中低光度活动星系核爱丁顿比分布的色散(测辐射热$L_{AGN}$ = $10^{43}$ - $10^{45}$ erg/s)被预测为在DI情形中比IT模式小得多; iv)上述结论对于Hopkins & Quataert(2011)模型的探索变体是稳健的。我们讨论了我们的研究结果的物理起源,以及它是如何可能牵制占主导地位的加油机制在低-中等光度范围$M_{1450}\gtrsim -26$的DI和IT模式是可行的候选人作为驱动程序的活动星系核演化。

英文摘要:

Using a semi analytic model for galaxy formation we investigate the effects of Black Hole accretion triggered by disk instabilities (DI) in isolated galaxies on the evolution of AGN. Specifically, we took on, developed and expanded the Hopkins & Quataert (2011) model for the mass inflow following disk perturbations, and compare the corresponding evolution of the AGN population with that arising in a scenario where galaxy interactions trigger AGN (IT mode). We extended and developed the DI model by including different disk surface density profiles, to study the maximal contribution of DI to the evolution of the AGN population. We obtained the following results: i) for luminosities corresponding to $M_{1450}\gtrsim -26$ the DI mode can provide the BH accretion needed to match the observed AGN luminosity functions up to $z \approx 4.5$; in such a luminosity range and redshift, it can compete with the IT scenario as the main driver of cosmological evolution of AGN; ii) The DI scenario cannot provide the observed abundance of high-luminosity QSO with $M_{1450}\lesssim -26$ AGN, as well as the abundance of high-redhshift $z \approx 4.5$ QSOs with $M_{1450}\lesssim -24$, while the IT scenario provides an acceptable match up to $z \approx 6$, as found in our earliest works; iii) The dispersion of the distributions of Eddington ratio for low- and intermediate-luminosity AGN (bolometric $L_{AGN}$ = $10^{43}$ - $10^{45}$ erg/s) is predicted to be much smaller in the DI scenario compared to the IT mode; iv) The above conclusions are robust with respect to the explored variants of the Hopkins & Quataert (2011) model. We discuss the physical origin of our findings, and how it is possible to pin down the dominant fueling mechanism in the low-intermediate luminosity range $M_{1450}\gtrsim -26$ where both the DI and the IT modes are viable candidates as drivers for the AGN evolution.

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