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银河系在光发射线诊断图上的演化?

Galaxy evolution across the optical emission-line diagnostic diagrams?

M. Vitale, L. Fuhrmann, M. Garcia-Marin, A. Eckart, J. Zuther, A. M. Hopkins

摘要:

M-sigma关系的发现,星系的双峰性,以及黑洞和宿主星系性质之间的联系,提出了活动星系核是否在星系演化中发挥作用的问题。几个理论模型实现AGN反馈来解释观测到的星系光度函数,并可能的颜色和形态转换的旋涡星系到被动的椭圆。为了理解活动星系核反馈的重要性,在射电-光学域的活动星系核人口的研究是至关重要的。在以前的工作中已经注意到了恒星形成星系和活动星系核之间的质量序列,现在正在研究可能的演化序列。我们用Effelsberg 100米望远镜在4.85和10.45 GHz观测了119个中红移(0.04<z<0.4)SDSS-FIRST射电辐射源的样品,并获得了光谱指数。我们发现在高金属量恒星形成星系,复合星系,和塞弗茨光谱指数平坦的迹象。这种沿[NII]发射线诊断图的“扁平序列”与星系电离场的硬化一致,这是由于核活动。在将我们的数据与1.4 GHz的FIRST测量结果相结合后,我们发现Seyferts和LINER的三点射电谱显示出很大的差异,分别归因于小的射电核心分量和较大的(角秒大小)喷流/瓣分量。对FIRST图像的目视检查似乎证实了这一假设。沿着这个序列的星系被假设为从活跃的恒星形成星系(蓝色云)过渡到被动的椭圆星系(红色序列)。这支持了活动星系核在关闭恒星形成过程中发挥作用,并允许从一个星系类过渡到另一个星系类的建议。

英文摘要:

The discovery of the M-sigma relation, the local galaxy bimodality, and the link between black-hole and host-galaxy properties, have raised the question whether AGN play a role in galaxy evolution. Several theoretical models implement AGN feedback to explain the observed galaxy luminosity function, and possibly the color and morphological transformation of spiral galaxies into passive ellipticals. To understand the importance of AGN feedback, a study of the AGN populations in the radio-optical domain is crucial. A mass sequence linking star-forming galaxies and AGN has been already noted in previous works, and it is now investigated as possible evolutionary sequence. We observed a sample of 119 intermediate-redshift (0.04<z<0.4) SDSS-FIRST radio emitters with the Effelsberg 100-m telescope at 4.85 and 10.45 GHz and obtained spectral indices. We find indications of spectral index flattening in high-metallicity star-forming galaxies, composite galaxies, and Seyferts. This "flattening sequence" along the [NII]-based emission-line diagnostic diagram is consistent with the hardening of galaxy ionizing field, due to nuclear activity. After combining our data with FIRST measurements at 1.4 GHz, we find that the three-point radio spectra of Seyferts and LINERs show substantial differences, attributable to small radio core components and larger (arcsecond sized) jet/lobe components, respectively. A visual inspection of FIRST images seems to confirm this hypothesis. Galaxies along this sequence are hypothesized to be transitioning from the active star-forming galaxies (blue cloud) to the passive elliptical galaxies (red sequence). This supports the suggestion that AGN play a role in shutting down star-formation, and allow the transition from one galaxy class to the other.

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