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arXiv 2004.03611astro-ph.GA
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在AGN光度函数的暗端模拟一个明亮的z = 6星系

Modelling a bright z = 6 galaxy at the faint end of the AGN luminosity function

Maxime Trebitsch, Marta Volonteri, Yohan Dubois

摘要:

最近的深空探测揭示了高红移宇宙中的一群微弱的活动星系核(AGN),引发了关于它们的性质及其在再电离时期的作用的各种讨论。我们使用宇宙学辐射流体动力学模拟的一个明亮的星系在z = 6($M_\star \gtrsim 10^{10} M_\odot$)托管一个积极增长的超大质量黑洞,研究这些对象的属性。特别地,我们研究了黑洞和星系如何共同演化,以及活动星系核和恒星星族对系统光度收支的相对贡献。我们发现来自活动星系核的反馈对星系的性质没有强烈的影响,也没有增加宿主星系的总电离光度。我们银河系的平均逃逸分数大约是$f_{\rm esc} \sim 5\%$。虽然我们的星系在深X射线巡天中会被选为活动星系核,但大部分紫外线光度都来自于恒星星族。这证实了星系群从恒星形成星系到类星体宿主的转变,明亮的莱曼-Break Galeries(LBG)的$M_{\rm UV}$约为-22落在重叠区域。我们的结果还表明,微弱的活动星系核对宇宙的再电离没有显著的贡献。

英文摘要:

Recent deep surveys have unravelled a population of faint active galactic nuclei (AGN) in the high redshift Universe, leading to various discussions on their nature and their role during the Epoch of Reionization. We use cosmological radiation-hydrodynamics simulations of a bright galaxy at z = 6 ($M_\star \gtrsim 10^{10} M_\odot$) hosting an actively growing super-massive black hole to study the properties of these objects. In particular, we study how the black hole and the galaxy co-evolve and what is the relative contribution of the AGN and of the stellar populations to the luminosity budget of the system. We find that the feedback from the AGN has no strong effect on the properties of the galaxy, and does not increase the total ionizing luminosity of the host. The average escape fraction of our galaxy is around $f_{\rm esc} \sim 5\%$. While our galaxy would be selected as an AGN in deep X-ray surveys, most of the UV luminosity is originating from stellar populations. This confirms that there is a transition in the galaxy population from star forming galaxies to quasar hosts, with bright Lyman-Break Galaxies (LBGs) with $M_{\rm UV}$ around -22 falling in the overlap region. Our results also suggest that faint AGN do not contribute significantly to reionizing the Universe.

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