Study of massive SMBHs hosted by FSRQs Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Diana A.
  2. Caccianiga A.
  3. Ighina L.
  4. Belladitta S.
  5. Moretti A.,Della Ceca R.
  6. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We present the space density evolution, from z = 1.5 up to z = 5.5, of the most massive (M => 10^9^ M_{sun}_) black holes hosted in jetted active galactic nuclei (AGNs). The analysis is based on a sample of 380 luminosity- selected ({lambda}L_1350_ => 10^46^ erg/s and P_5GHz_ => 10^27^ W/Hz) flat spectrum radio quasars (FSRQs) obtained from the Cosmic Lens All Sky Survey (CLASS). These sources are known to be face-on jetted AGNs (i.e. blazars) and can be exploited to infer the abundance of all the (misaligned) jetted AGNs, using a geometrical argument. We then compare the space density of the most massive supermassive black holes hosted in jetted AGNs with those present in the total population (mostly composed by non-jetted AGNs). We find that the space density has a peak at z ~ 3, which is significantly larger than the value observed in the total AGN population with similar optical/UV luminosities (z ~ 2.2), but not as extreme as the value previously inferred from X-ray-selected blazars (z ~> 4). The jetted fraction (jetted AGNs/total AGNs) is overall consistent with the estimates in the local Universe (10-20 per cent) and at high redshift, assuming Lorentz bulk factors {Gamma} ~= 5. Finally, we find a marginal decrease in the jetted fraction at high redshifts (by a factor of ~2). All these evidences point towards a different evolutionary path in the jetted AGNs compared to the total AGN population.

Keywords
  1. active-galactic-nuclei
  2. quasars
  3. black-holes
  4. radio-sources
  5. radio-continuum-emission
  6. spectroscopy
  7. photometry
  8. ultraviolet-astronomy
  9. visible-astronomy
  10. extinction
  11. galaxy-kinematics
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2022MNRAS.511.5436D
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https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/MNRAS/511/5436
IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/511/5436
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.75115436

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2025-02-19T16:25:17Z
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