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从ASAS-SN巡天中选择活动星系核的变率:对低光度AGN星群的约束

Variability Selected Active Galactic Nuclei from ASAS-SN Survey: Constraining the Low Luminosity AGN Population

Heechan Yuk, Xinyu Dai, T. Jayasinghe, Hai Fu, Hora D. Mishra, Christopher S. Kochanek, Benjamin J. Shappee, K. Z. Stanek

摘要:

低光度活动星系核(LLAGN)探测低爱丁顿区的吸积物理,可以提供星系演化的额外线索。活动星系核的可变性是普遍存在的,因此提供了一个可靠的工具,寻找活动星系核。我们用$g<14$和Sloan数字巡天光谱分析了1218个星系的超新星全天空自动巡天光变曲线。我们发现37个对象,都是可变的,并具有活动星系核的结构功能,这是约3%的样本。大部分的活动星系核是爱丁顿比在$10^{-4}$到$10^{-2}$之间的LLAGN。因此,我们估计的分数LLAGN人口的星系为2%下降到一个中位数爱丁顿比$2\times10^{-3}$。结合BPT线比诊断和宽线活动星系核,高达$\sim$ 60%的活动星系核候选者被光谱证实。BPT诊断也将10-30%的候选者归类为恒星形成星系,而不是AGN。

英文摘要:

Low luminosity active galactic nuclei (LLAGN) probe accretion physics in the low Eddington regime and can provide additional clues about galaxy evolution. AGN variability is ubiquitous and thus provides a reliable tool for finding AGN. We analyze the All-Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae light curves of 1218 galaxies with $g<14$ mag and Sloan Digital Sky Survey spectra in search of AGN. We find 37 objects that are both variable and have AGN-like structure functions, which is about 3% of the sample. The majority of the variability selected AGN are LLAGN with Eddington ratios ranging from $10^{-4}$ to $10^{-2}$. We thus estimate the fraction of LLAGN in the population of galaxies as 2% down to a median Eddington ratio of $2\times10^{-3}$. Combining the BPT line ratio diagnostics and the broad-line AGN, up to $\sim$60% of the AGN candidates are confirmed spectroscopically. The BPT diagnostics also classified 10-30% of the candidates as star forming galaxies rather than AGN.

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