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arXiv 2008.05115astro-ph.GA
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观测和模拟的AGN宇宙的恒星形成性质:BAT vs EAGLE

The Star-Formation Properties of the Observed and Simulated AGN Universe: BAT vs EAGLE

Thomas M. Jackson, D. J. Rosario, D. M. Alexander, J. Scholtz, Stuart McAlpine, R. G. Bower

摘要:

本文给出了从{ \it Swift}-BAT 58月星表中选取的72个低红移、硬X射线活动星系核的数据。我们利用光谱能量分布拟合的光学到红外测光,以估计宿主星系的属性。我们比较这个观测样本的体积和流量匹配样本的AGN从EAGLE流体动力学模拟,以验证如何准确地模拟可以重现观测到的AGN宿主星系的属性。在对EAGLE和以前观测的SFR中已知的+0.2 dex偏移进行校正后,我们发现SFR和X射线光度分布是一致的;然而,我们发现EAGLE中的恒星质量比观测样本大$0.2 - 0.4$ dex,从而导致sSFR较低。我们比较这些结果与我们以前的研究在高红移,发现协议的观测和模拟,即sSFR分布的宽度是相似的($\sim0.4-0.6$ dex)和SFR分布的中位数低于恒星形成的主序列的$\sim0.3-0.5$ dex在所有样本。我们还使用EAGLE选择一个样本的活动星系核宿主星系在高和低的红移,并遵循其特征的演变从$z=8$到$z=0$。我们在这两个样本之间发现了类似的行为,即当黑洞经历其最快速增长阶段时,恒星的形成被淬灭。利用EAGLE,我们发现在$z\sim0$中有23%的活动星系核在高红移时也是活动星系核,并且它们的宿主星系是模拟中质量最大的天体之一。总的来说,我们发现EAGLE很好地再现了观测结果,有一些小的不一致(恒星质量为$\sim$ 0.2 dex,sSFR为$\sim$ 0.4 dex)。

英文摘要:

In this paper we present data from 72 low redshift, hard X-ray selected AGN taken from the {\it Swift}-BAT 58 month catalogue. We utilise spectral energy distribution fitting to the optical to IR photometry in order to estimate host galaxy properties. We compare this observational sample to a volume and flux matched sample of AGN from the EAGLE hydrodynamical simulations in order to verify how accurately the simulations can reproduce observed AGN host galaxy properties. After correcting for the known +0.2 dex offset in the SFRs between EAGLE and previous observations, we find agreement in the SFR and X-ray luminosity distributions; however we find that the stellar masses in EAGLE are $0.2 - 0.4$ dex greater than the observational sample, which consequently leads to lower sSFRs. We compare these results to our previous study at high redshift, finding agreement in both the observations and simulations, whereby the widths of sSFR distributions are similar ($\sim0.4-0.6$ dex) and the median of the SFR distributions lie below the star forming main sequence by $\sim0.3-0.5$ dex across all samples. We also use EAGLE to select a sample of AGN host galaxies at high and low redshift and follow their characteristic evolution from $z=8$ to $z=0$. We find similar behaviour between these two samples, whereby star formation is quenched when the black hole goes through its phase of most rapid growth. Utilising EAGLE we find that 23\% of AGN selected at $z\sim0$ are also AGN at high redshift, and that their host galaxies are among the most massive objects in the simulation. Overall we find EAGLE reproduces the observations well, with some minor inconsistencies ($\sim$ 0.2 dex in stellar masses and $\sim$ 0.4 dex in sSFRs).

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