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MOSDEF综述:z~2.3的光学AGN诊断

The MOSDEF Survey: Optical AGN Diagnostics at z~2.3

Alison L. Coil, James Aird, Naveen Reddy, Alice E. Shapley, Mariska Kriek, Brian Siana, Bahram Mobasher, William R. Freeman, Sedona H. Price, Irene Shivaei

摘要:

我们目前的结果,从MOSFIRE深演化场(MOSDEF)调查的静止框架光学活动星系核的识别和完整性在z~2.3。我们的样本的50个星系和10个X射线和IR选择AGN测量H-β,[OIII],H-α,和[NII]的发射线,我们调查的位置AGN的BPT,MEx(质量激发),CEx(颜色激发)图。我们发现BPT图可以很好地识别z~2.3处的活动星系核,并且z~0活动星系核/恒星形成星系分类不需要在z~2.3处发生实质性的变化就可以很好地分离这些星系群。然而,MEx图未能识别出BPT图中识别出的所有活动星系核,CEx图在高红移处被严重污染。我们进一步表明,使用BPT图选择的活动星系核样本有选择偏差的主机恒星质量和恒星星族,在低质量和/或高比恒星形成率星系的活动星系核是很难识别使用BPT图。这些选择偏差在高红移时变得越来越严重,这样在高红移时光学选择的活动星系核样本必然是不完整的。我们还发现,在窄线区域的气体似乎更丰富的气体在宿主星系至少有一些MOSDEF活动星系核。然而,在z~2处的活动星系核一般比具有相同宿主恒星质量的本地活动星系核的丰度低。

英文摘要:

We present results from the MOSFIRE Deep Evolution Field (MOSDEF) survey on rest-frame optical AGN identification and completeness at z~2.3. With our sample of 50 galaxies and 10 X-ray and IR-selected AGN with measured H-beta, [OIII], H-alpha, and [NII] emission lines, we investigate the location of AGN in the BPT, MEx (mass-excitation), and CEx (color-excitation) diagrams. We find that the BPT diagram works well to identify AGN at z~2.3 and that the z~0 AGN/star-forming galaxy classifications do not need to shift substantially at z~2.3 to robustly separate these populations. However, the MEx diagram fails to identify all of the AGN identified in the BPT diagram, and the CEx diagram is substantially contaminated at high redshift. We further show that AGN samples selected using the BPT diagram have selection biases in terms of both host stellar mass and stellar population, in that AGN in low mass and/or high specific star formation rate galaxies are difficult to identify using the BPT diagram. These selection biases become increasingly severe at high redshift, such that optically-selected AGN samples at high redshift will necessarily be incomplete. We also find that the gas in the narrow-line region appears to be more enriched than gas in the host galaxy for at least some MOSDEF AGN. However, AGN at z~2 are generally less enriched than local AGN with the same host stellar mass.

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