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SUPER V. ALMA对z~2 AGN的连续谱观测及外流影响恒星形成的难以捉摸的证据

SUPER V. ALMA continuum observations of z~2 AGN and the elusive evidence of outflows influencing star formation

I. Lamperti, C. M. Harrison, V. Mainieri, D. Kakkad, M. Perna, C. Circosta, J. Scholtz, S. Carniani, C. Cicone, D. M. Alexander, M. Bischetti, G. Calistro River… 展开作者

I. Lamperti, C. M. Harrison, V. Mainieri, D. Kakkad, M. Perna, C. Circosta, J. Scholtz, S. Carniani, C. Cicone, D. M. Alexander, M. Bischetti, G. Calistro Rivera, C. -C. Chen, G. Cresci, C. Feruglio, F. Fiore, F. Mannucci, A. Marconi, L. N. Martínez-Ramírez, H. Netzer, E. Piconcelli, A. Puglisi, D. J. Rosario, M. Schramm, G. Vietri, C. Vignali, L. Zappacosta

AI总结:

结合NIR IFS与ALMA观测研究z~2 AGN,发现其宿主星系的遮蔽恒星形成活动未明显受电离外流影响,但不排除更小尺度或不同时间尺度上的抑制。

摘要:

我们通过结合NIR IFS观测(绘制H$α$发射和[OIII]外流)与匹配分辨率的静止系FIR发射观测,研究AGN电离外流对高红移AGN宿主星系中恒星形成的影响。我们展示了来自SUPER样本中8个z~2的X射线选定AGN的高分辨率ALMA Band 7观测结果,以~2 kpc (0.2'')的分辨率探测了静止系~260 um的连续谱。我们在ALMA图中以S/N>10的信噪比探测到8个目标中的6个,连续谱通量密度F = 0.27-2.58 mJy,FIR半光半径Re = 0.8-2.1 kpc。我们样本的FIR Re与文献中类似红移下的其他AGN和恒星形成星系相当。然而,我们发现X射线AGN的平均FIR尺寸(Re = 1.16+/- 0.11 kpc)略小于非AGN(Re = 1.69+/-0.13 kpc)。通过SED拟合,我们发现260 um通量密度的主要贡献来自恒星形成加热的尘埃,AGN加热尘埃的贡献< 4%,同步辐射发射的贡献< 1%。我们样本的大多数源在FIR(主要由再处理的恒星发射引起)和电离气体发射(H$α$和[OIII],主要由AGN发射引起)中显示出不同的形态。这可能是由于尘埃和电离气体的位置不同、发射源(恒星和AGN)不同或尘埃遮挡效应所致。我们无法识别出任何超出AGN主导的、可归因于恒星形成的残余H$α$发射。在假设FIR发射是遮蔽恒星形成的可靠示踪剂的前提下,我们发现这些AGN宿主星系中的遮蔽恒星形成活动并未明显受到电离外流的影响。然而,我们不能排除恒星形成抑制发生在比我们观测所探测的更小空间尺度(< 2 kpc)或不同时间尺度上的可能性。

英文摘要:

We study the impact of AGN ionised outflows on star formation in high-redshift AGN hosts, by combining NIR IFS observations, mapping the H$α$ emission and [OIII] outflows, with matched-resolution observations of the rest-frame FIR emission. We present high-resolution ALMA Band 7 observations of eight X-ray selected AGN at z~2 from the SUPER sample, targeting the rest-frame ~260 um continuum at ~2 kpc (0.2'') resolution. We detected 6 out of 8 targets with S/N>10 in the ALMA maps, with continuum flux densities F = 0.27-2.58 mJy and FIR half-light radii Re = 0.8-2.1 kpc. The FIR Re of our sample are comparable to other AGN and star-forming galaxies at a similar redshift from the literature. However, we find that the mean FIR size in X-ray AGN (Re = 1.16+/- 0.11 kpc) is slightly smaller than in non-AGN (Re = 1.69+/-0.13 kpc). From SED fitting, we find that the main contribution to the 260 um flux density is dust heated by star formation, with < 4% contribution from AGN-heated dust and < 1% from synchrotron emission. The majority of our sample show different morphologies for the FIR (mostly due to reprocessed stellar emission) and the ionised gas emission (H$α$ and [OIII], mostly due to AGN emission). This could be due to the different locations of dust and ionised gas, the different sources of the emission (stars and AGN), or the effect of dust obscuration. We are unable to identify any residual H$α$ emission, above that dominated by AGN, that could be attributed to star formation. Under the assumption that the FIR emission is a reliable tracer of obscured star formation, we find that the obscured star formation activity in these AGN host galaxies is not clearly affected by the ionised outflows. However, we cannot rule out that star formation suppression is happening on smaller spatial scales than the ones we probe with our observations (< 2 kpc) or on different timescales.

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