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arXiv 2006.09476astro-ph.GA
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局域宇宙中的活动星系核

Infrared-detected AGNs in the Local Universe

Tuba İkiz, Reynier F. Peletier, Peter D. Barthel, Cahit Yeşilyaprak

摘要:

Spitzer/IRAC颜色选择是一种很有前途的方法,可以用来识别星系中的热吸积核,即活动星系核。我们使用一个小样本的SAURON星系证明这一点,并进一步探讨这一点。这项研究的目的是找到一种简单而有效的方法来揭示(附近)星系中光学遮蔽的核吸积。我们应用红外选择方法的斯皮策调查星系中的恒星结构(S4 G)的样本超过2500个星系,连同其扩展样本超过400个星系。我们使用斯皮策的颜色,找到星系在S $^{4}$ G调查包含一个热的核心,这表明存在一个强大的活动星系核,并研究检测分数作为形态类型的函数。我们测试这种红外颜色选择方法,通过检查星系的射电性质,使用VLA NVSS和FIRST调查。使用无线电数据,我们表明,星系显示热中红外核脱颖而出(候选人)活跃的星系。当使用,而不是斯皮策,颜色从较低的空间分辨率WISE任务,我们重现这些结果。因此,多波段红外成像是一个有用的工具,揭示光学模糊的星系核活动。

英文摘要:

Spitzer/IRAC color selection is a promising technique to identify hot accreting nuclei, that is to say AGN, in galaxies. We demonstrate this using a small sample of SAURON galaxies, and explore this further. The goal of this study is to find a simple and efficient way to reveal optically obscured nuclear accretion in (nearby) galaxies. We apply an infrared selection method to the Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structures in Galaxies (S4G) sample of more than 2500 galaxies, together with its extension sample of more than 400 galaxies. We use the Spitzer colors to find galaxies in the S$^{4}$G survey containing a hot core, suggesting the presence of a strong AGN, and study the detection fraction as a function of morphological type. We test this infrared color selection method by examining the radio properties of the galaxies, using the VLA NVSS and FIRST surveys. Using the radio data, we demonstrate that galaxies displaying hot mid-infrared nuclei stand out as being (candidate) active galaxies. When using, instead of Spitzer, colors from the lower spatial resolution WISE mission, we reproduce these results. Hence multi-band infrared imaging represents a useful tool to uncover optically obscured nuclear activity in galaxies.

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