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XXL-HSC:XXL星系团中X射线探测活动星系核的宿主星系性质

XXL-HSC: Host properties of X-ray detected AGNs in XXL clusters

E. Drigga, E. Koulouridis, E. Pouliasis, Y. Toba, M. Akiyama, C. Vignali, A. Ruiz, I. Georgantopoulos, T. Nagao, S. Paltani, M. Plionis, M. Pierre, B. Vijarnwannaluk

AI总结:

本研究利用XXL巡天数据,发现星系团中并合或扰动星系宿主X射线活动星系核的比例更高,且外围尤甚,表明星系并合与相互作用是触发和遮蔽活动星系核活动的关键机制。

摘要:

有令人信服的证据表明,活动星系核(AGN)受到其环境的强烈影响。因此,研究星系团中的活动星系核族群至关重要,因为大尺度结构和活动星系核在星系演化中都发挥着关键作用,尽管这些元素之间的相互作用仍未被很好地理解。本研究的主要目标是揭示可能显著影响星系团中星系活动星系核活动触发的不同因素,包括星系并合及与其他星系的相互作用,以及来自热星系团内介质的冲压压力。为此,我们在XXL巡天的164个经X射线探测并经光谱确认的星系团中,在$4r_{500}$半径范围内使用了82个X射线探测到的活动星系核,红移最高达$z\sim$1。该天区覆盖有Hyper Suprime-Cam的深度光学观测,能够对星系进行可靠的形态分类。此外,利用X射线硬度比、光学光谱和X射线源的谱能量分布(SED),我们研究了遮蔽和其他活动星系核性质,以及宿主星系的恒星形成率(SFR),作为相互作用的进一步指标。我们发现,与场中非活动星系团星系或X射线活动星系核相比,由并合或扰动星系宿主的活动星系核在星系团中的比例显著更高。这种过剩主要位于星系团外围。此外,我们发现在星系团中,特别是在外围,X射线硬活动星系核(因此可能被遮蔽)的数量比场中更高。这些发现进一步支持了星系并合和相互作用可能作为活动星系核活动触发和遮蔽机制的观点。在星系团外围,扰动、并合以及可能被遮蔽的活动星系核宿主数量相对较多,表明星系并合和相互作用是这些星系团外部区域触发活动星系核活动的关键驱动因素。

英文摘要:

There is compelling evidence that AGNs are strongly influenced by their environment. Therefore, studying the AGN population of clusters is essential, as both large-scale structures and AGN play key roles in galaxy evolution, though the interactions between these elements are still not well understood. The primary objective of this study is to unravel the different factors that may significantly affect the triggering of AGN activity in cluster galaxies, including galaxy merging and interactions with other galaxies, and ram pressure from the hot intracluster medium. For our purposes, we used 82 X-ray detected AGN found within a $4r_{500}$ radius of 164 X-ray detected and spectroscopically confirmed galaxy clusters of the XXL survey, up to a redshift of $z\sim$1. This field is covered by deep optical observations of the Hyper Suprime-Cam, which allows for a reliable morphological classification of galaxies. Furthermore, using the X-ray hardness ratio, the optical spectra and the SEDs of the X-ray sources, we have studied the obscuration and other AGN properties and the SFR of the hosts as further indicators of interactions. We found a moderately significant higher fraction of X-ray AGN in galaxy clusters hosted by merging or disturbed galaxies, compared to non-active cluster galaxies or X-ray AGN in the field. This excess is primarily localised in the cluster outskirts. Also, we discovered a higher number of X-ray-hard AGN (hence, possibly obscured) in clusters than in the field particularly in the outskirts. These findings further support the idea that galaxy mergers and interactions may serve as mechanisms for the triggering and obscuration of AGN activity. The relatively high number of disturbed, merging, and possibly obscured AGN hosts in cluster outskirts suggests that galaxy merging and interactions are key drivers in triggering AGN activity in these outer regions of clusters.

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