BPT class and AGN classification Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Alban M.
  2. Wylezalek D.
  3. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

Accurate active galactic nucleus (AGN) identifications in large galaxy samples are crucial for the assessment of the role of AGN and AGN feedback in the co-evolution of galaxies and their central supermassive black holes. Emission-line flux-ratio diagnostics are commonly used to identify AGN in optical spectra. New large samples of integral field unit observations allow exploration of the role of aperture size in the classification process. In this paper, we present galaxy classifications for all 10010 galaxies observed within the Mapping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory (MaNGA) survey. We use Baldwin-Philips-Terlevich line flux-ratio diagnostics combined with an H{alpha} equivalent threshold in 60 apertures of varying size for the classification, and provide the corresponding catalogs. MaNGA-selected AGN primarily lie below the main sequence of star-forming galaxies, and reside in massive galaxies with stellar masses of ~10^11^M_{sun}_ and a median H{alpha}-derived star formation rate of ~1.44MM_{sun}_/yr. We find that the number of "fake" AGN increases significantly beyond selection apertures of >1.0R_eff_ because of increased contamination from diffuse ionized gas (DIG). A comparison with previous works shows that the treatment of the underlying stellar continuum and flux measurements can significantly impact galaxy classification. Our work provides the community with AGN catalogs and galaxy classifications for the full MaNGA survey.

Keywords
  1. active-galactic-nuclei
  2. line-intensities
  3. chemical-abundances
  4. visible-astronomy
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2023A&A...674A..85A
See also HTML
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/A+A/674/A85
IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/674/A85
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.36740085

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History

2023-06-07T08:21:33Z
Resource record created
2023-06-07T08:21:33Z
Created
2024-01-09T11:47:38Z
Updated

Contact

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