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低功率射电星系核活动起源的分析框架

An Analysis Framework for Understanding the Origin of Nuclear Activity in Low-Power Radio Galaxies

Yen-Ting Lin, Hung-Jin Huang, Yen-Chi Chen

摘要:

使用大样本包含近$2300$活动星系的低射电光度(1.4 GHz的光度之间的$2\times 10^{23}$和$3\times 10^{25}$ W/Hz,基本上是低激发射电星系)在$z\lesssim 0.3$,我们提出了一个独立的分析的依赖性的核射电活动的星系的内在和外在的属性,与确定最好的预测的核射电活动的目标。在确认恒星质量必须在触发射电活动中发挥关键作用这一既定结果的同时,我们指出,对于中心的大质量星系,射电活动也表现出对晕质量的强烈依赖,这是不太可能的,因为在大质量的星系团规模晕中,密集区域的相互作用率增强。因此,我们进一步调查的各种性质的集群内介质(ICM)在大规模集群的射电活动的影响,采用两个标准的统计工具,主成分分析和逻辑回归。结果发现,ICM熵,本地冷却时间,和压力是最有效的预测无线电活动,指出吸积的气体冷却出一个热的大气是可能的起源在触发这样的活动在星系居住在大规模的暗物质晕。我们的分析框架,使我们能够从逻辑上辨别的机制负责分别为中央和卫星星系的无线电活动。

英文摘要:

Using large samples containing nearly $2300$ active galaxies of low radio luminosity (1.4 GHz luminosity between $2\times 10^{23}$ and $3\times 10^{25}$ W/Hz, essentially low-excitation radio galaxies) at $z\lesssim 0.3$, we present a self-contained analysis of the dependence of the nuclear radio activity on both intrinsic and extrinsic properties of galaxies, with the goal of identifying the best predictors of the nuclear radio activity. While confirming the established result that stellar mass must play a key role in the triggering of radio activities, we point out that for central, most massive galaxies, the radio activity also shows a strong dependence on halo mass, which is unlikely due to enhanced interaction rates in denser regions in massive, cluster-scale halos. We thus further investigate the effects of various properties of the intracluster medium (ICM) in massive clusters on the radio activities, employing two standard statistical tools, Principle Component Analysis and Logistic Regression. It is found that ICM entropy, local cooling time, and pressure are the most effective in predicting the radio activity, pointing to the accretion of gas cooling out of a hot atmosphere to be the likely origin in triggering such activities in galaxies residing in massive dark matter halos. Our analysis framework enables us to logically discern the mechanisms responsible for the radio activity separately for central and satellite galaxies.

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