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强射电星系到低射电光度的宇宙缩小

Cosmic downsizing of powerful radio galaxies to low radio luminosities

E. E. Rigby, J. Argyle, P. N. Best, D. Rosario, H. J. A. Röttgering

摘要:

在明亮的无线电功率($P_{\rm 1.4 GHz} > 10^{25}$ W/Hz),最强大的源的空间密度峰值在更高的红移比他们较弱的同行。本文建立了这种依赖于亮度的演变是否持续源的数量级比以前研究的,通过测量陡峭的频谱无线电光度函数(RLF)的范围$10^{24} < P_{\rm 1.4 GHz} < 10^{28}$ W/Hz,高红移。一个基于网格的建模方法,其中没有假设的RLF形状和高红移行为。模型的输入与Rigby et al.(2011)相同:来自射电源样本的红移分布,以及源计数和局部光度函数的确定。然而,为了提高覆盖率的无线电功率与红移平面在最低的无线电功率,一个新的微弱的无线电样本的介绍。占地0.8平方米。度,在Subaru/XMM-牛顿深场中,达到$S_{\rm 1.4 GHz} \geq 100~μ$ Jy的1.4 GHz通量密度极限,具有99%的红移完整性。模拟结果表明,以前看到的高红移下降的空间密度持续到$P_{\rm 1.4 GHz} < 10^{25}$ W/Hz。在$P_{\rm 1.4 GHz} > 10^{26}$ W/Hz的峰值空间密度的红移增加与光度,而在较低的射电光度的峰值的位置保持不变的不确定性。这种“宇宙缩小”的行为被认为是类似于在光学波长的类星体,并被解释为代表的过渡,从辐射效率低的吸积模式在陡峭的光谱人口。这一结论是支持这两个不同的射电星系类的空间密度演化构建简单的模型,这些都能够成功地再现观测到的峰值红移的变化。

英文摘要:

At bright radio powers ($P_{\rm 1.4 GHz} > 10^{25}$ W/Hz) the space density of the most powerful sources peaks at higher redshift than that of their weaker counterparts. This paper establishes whether this luminosity-dependent evolution persists for sources an order of magnitude fainter than those previously studied, by measuring the steep--spectrum radio luminosity function (RLF) across the range $10^{24} < P_{\rm 1.4 GHz} < 10^{28}$ W/Hz, out to high redshift. A grid-based modelling method is used, in which no assumptions are made about the RLF shape and high-redshift behaviour. The inputs to the model are the same as in Rigby et al. (2011): redshift distributions from radio source samples, together with source counts and determinations of the local luminosity function. However, to improve coverage of the radio power vs. redshift plane at the lowest radio powers, a new faint radio sample is introduced. This covers 0.8 sq. deg., in the Subaru/XMM-Newton Deep Field, to a 1.4 GHz flux density limit of $S_{\rm 1.4 GHz} \geq 100~μ$Jy, with 99% redshift completeness. The modelling results show that the previously seen high-redshift declines in space density persist to $P_{\rm 1.4 GHz} < 10^{25}$ W/Hz. At $P_{\rm 1.4 GHz} > 10^{26}$ W/Hz the redshift of the peak space density increases with luminosity, whilst at lower radio luminosities the position of the peak remains constant within the uncertainties. This `cosmic downsizing' behaviour is found to be similar to that seen at optical wavelengths for quasars, and is interpreted as representing the transition from radiatively efficient to inefficient accretion modes in the steep-spectrum population. This conclusion is supported by constructing simple models for the space density evolution of these two different radio galaxy classes; these are able to successfully reproduce the observed variation in peak redshift.

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