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低红移类星体的红外辐射和强恒星形成

The Infrared Emission and Vigorous Star Formation of Low-redshift Quasars

Yanxia Xie, Luis C. Ho, Ming-Yang Zhuang, Jinyi Shangguan

摘要:

活动星系核(AGN)宿主星系的恒星形成活动为理解黑洞生长与星系演化之间的复杂联系提供了有价值的信息。一个主要的障碍来自于在存在强活动星系核的情况下难以估计精确的恒星形成率。分析低红移的$1-500\, μm$光谱能量分布和高分辨中红外光谱($z < 0.5$)Palomar-Green类星体的热光度$\sim 10^{44.5}-10^{47.5}\rm\,erg\,s^{-1}$,通过与基于[Ne II] 12.81 $\, μm$和[Ne III] 15.56 $\, μm$的独立恒星形成率指标比较,我们发现,减去环面,总红外辐射($8-1000\, μm$)在$\sim 1-250\,M_\odot\,{\rm yr^{-1}}$范围内产生了强大的恒星形成率。结合现有的恒星质量估计,绝大多数类星体($\sim 75\%-90\%$)位于或高于本地恒星形成星系的主序列,包括一个显着的分数($\sim 50\%-70\%$),将有资格作为星暴系统。这进一步得到了从尘埃物质中推断出的气体含量所得出的高恒星形成效率的支持。对高分辨率哈勃太空望远镜图像的检查揭示了各种各样的形态类型,包括一些最近没有经历重大动力学扰动的恒星爆发宿主。高恒星形成效率的起源是未知的。

英文摘要:

The star formation activity of the host galaxies of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) provides valuable insights into the complex interconnections between black hole growth and galaxy evolution. A major obstacle arises from the difficulty of estimating accurate star formation rates in the presence of a strong AGN. Analyzing the $1-500\, μm$ spectral energy distributions and high-resolution mid-infrared spectra of low-redshift ($z < 0.5$) Palomar-Green quasars with bolometric luminosity $\sim 10^{44.5}-10^{47.5}\rm\,erg\,s^{-1}$, we find, from comparison with an independent star formation rate indicator based on [Ne II] 12.81$\, μm$ and [Ne III] 15.56$\, μm$, that the torus-subtracted, total infrared ($8-1000\, μm$) emission yields robust star formation rates in the range $\sim 1-250\,M_\odot\,{\rm yr^{-1}}$. Combined with available stellar mass estimates, the vast majority ($\sim 75\%-90\%$) of the quasars lie on or above the main sequence of local star-forming galaxies, including a significant fraction ($\sim 50\%-70\%$) that would qualify as starburst systems. This is further supported by the high star formation efficiencies derived from the gas content inferred from the dust masses. Inspection of high-resolution Hubble Space Telescope images reveals a wide diversity of morphological types, including a number of starbursting hosts that have not experienced significant recent dynamical perturbations. The origin of the high star formation efficiency is unknown.

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