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2021A&A...653A..74M - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 653A, 74-74 (2021/9-1)

The role of AGN and obscuration in the position of the host galaxy relative to the main sequence.

MOUNTRICHAS G., BUAT V., YANG G., BOQUIEN M., BURGARELLA D., CIESLA L., MALEK K. and SHIRLEY R.

Abstract (from CDS):

We use X-ray active galactic nuclei (AGN) observed by the Chandra X-ray Observatory within the 9.3deg2 Bootes field of the NDWFS to study whether there is a correlation between X-ray luminosity (LX) and star formation rate (SFR) of the host galaxy, at 0.5<z<2.0, with respect to the position of the galaxy to the main sequence (SFRnorm). About half of the sources in the X-ray sample have spectroscopic redshifts. We also construct a reference galaxy catalogue. For both datasets we use photometric data from the optical to the far-infrared compiled by the HELP project, and apply spectral energy distribution fitting, using the X-CIGALE code. We exclude quiescent sources from both the X-ray and the reference samples. We also account for the mass completeness of our dataset, in different redshifts bins. Our analysis highlights the importance of studying the SFR-LX relation in a uniform manner, taking into account systematics and selection effects. Our results suggest, in less massive galaxies (log[M*(M)]∼11), that an AGN enhances the SFR of the host galaxy by ∼50% compared to non-AGN systems. A flat relation is observed for the most massive galaxies. The SFRnorm does not evolve with redshift. The results, although tentative, are consistent with a scenario where, in less massive systems, both AGN and star formation are fed by cold gas supplied by a merger event. In more massive galaxies the flat relation could be explained by a different supermasssive black hole fuelling mechanism that is decoupled from the star formation of the host galaxy (e.g., hot diffuse gas). Finally, we compare the host galaxy properties of X-ray absorbed and unabsorbed sources. Our results show no difference, which suggests that X-ray absorption is not linked with the properties of the galaxy.

Abstract Copyright: © ESO 2021

Journal keyword(s): X-rays: general - X-rays: galaxies - galaxies: star formation - quasars: supermassive black holes - galaxies: active

VizieR on-line data: <Available at CDS (J/A+A/653/A74): xray.dat nonxray.dat>

Simbad objects: 1026

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