ZFOURGE catalogue of AGN candidates Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Cowley M.J.
  2. Spitler L.R.
  3. Tran K.-V.H.
  4. Rees G.A.
  5. Labbe I.
  6. Allen R.J.,Brammer G.B.
  7. Glazebrook K.
  8. Hopkins A.M.
  9. Juneau S.
  10. Kacprzak G.G.,Mullaney J.R.
  11. Nanayakkara T.
  12. Papovich C.
  13. Quadri R.F.
  14. Straatman C.M.S.,Tomczak A.R.
  15. Van Dokkum P.G.
  16. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We investigate active galactic nuclei (AGN) candidates within the FourStar Galaxy Evolution Survey (ZFOURGE) to determine the impact they have on star formation in their host galaxies. We first identify a population of radio, X-ray, and infrared-selected AGN by cross-matching the deep Ks-band imaging of ZFOURGE with overlapping multiwavelength data. From this, we construct a mass-complete (log(M*/M_{sun}_)>=9.75), AGN luminosity limited sample of 235 AGN hosts over z=0.2-3.2. We compare the rest-frame U-V versus V-J (UVJ) colours and specific star formation rates (sSFRs) of the AGN hosts to a mass-matched control sample of inactive (non-AGN) galaxies. UVJ diagnostics reveal AGN tend to be hosted in a lower fraction of quiescent galaxies and a higher fraction of dusty galaxies than the control sample. Using 160{mu}m Herschel PACS data, we find the mean specific star formation rate of AGN hosts to be elevated by 0.34-/-0.07dex with respect to the control sample across all redshifts. This offset is primarily driven by infrared-selected AGN, where the mean sSFR is found to be elevated by as much as a factor of ~5. The remaining population, comprised predominantly of X-ray AGN hosts, is found mostly consistent with inactive galaxies, exhibiting only a marginal elevation. We discuss scenarios that may explain these findings and postulate that AGN are less likely to be a dominant mechanism for moderating galaxy growth via quenching than has previously been suggested.

Keywords
  1. active-galactic-nuclei
  2. redshifted
  3. ultraviolet-astronomy
  4. infrared-sources
  5. x-ray-sources
  6. radio-sources
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2016MNRAS.457..629C
See also HTML
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/MNRAS/457/629
IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/457/629
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.74570629

Access

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http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/MNRAS/457/629
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/MNRAS/457/629
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/MNRAS/457/629
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http://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tap
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IVOA Cone Search SCS
For use with a cone search client (e.g., TOPCAT).
http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/457/629/agncat?
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/457/629/agncat?
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/457/629/agncat?

History

2018-01-11T15:54:28Z
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2018-01-11T15:54:28Z
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