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Title: | Investigating the Effect of Galaxy Interactions on the Enhancement of Active Galactic Nuclei at 0.5 < z < 3.0 | Authors: | Shah, Ekta A. Kartaltepe, Jeyhan S. Magagnoli, Christina T. Cox, Isabella G. Wetherell, Caleb T. Vanderhoof, Brittany N. CALABRO, ANTONELLO Chartab, Nima Conselice, Christopher J. Croton, Darren J. Donley, Jennifer de Groot, Laura de la Vega, Alexander Hathi, Nimish P. Ilbert, Olivier Inami, Hanae Kocevski, Dale D. Koekemoer, Anton M. Lemaux, Brian C. Mantha, Kameswara Bharadwaj MARCHESI, STEFANO Martig, Marie Masters, Daniel C. McGrath, Elizabeth J. McIntosh, Daniel H. Moreno, Jorge Nayyeri, Hooshang Pampliega, Belen Alcalde Salvato, Mara Snyder, Gregory F. Straughn, Amber N. Treister, Ezequiel Weston, Madalyn E. |
Issue Date: | 2020 | Journal: | THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL | Number: | 904 | Issue: | 2 | First Page: | 107 | Abstract: | Galaxy interactions and mergers are thought to play an important role in the evolution of galaxies. Studies in the nearby universe show a higher fraction of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) in interacting and merging galaxies than in their isolated counterparts, indicating that such interactions are important contributors to black hole growth. To investigate the evolution of this role at higher redshifts, we have compiled the largest known sample of major spectroscopic galaxy pairs (2381 with ΔV < 5000 km s<SUP>-1</SUP>) at 0.5 < z < 3.0 from observations in the COSMOS and CANDELS surveys. We identify X-ray and IR AGNs among this kinematic pair sample, a visually identified sample of mergers and interactions, and a mass-, redshift-, and environment-matched control sample for each in order to calculate AGN fractions and the level of AGN enhancement as a function of relative velocity, redshift, and X-ray luminosity. While we see a slight increase in AGN fraction with decreasing projected separation, overall, we find no significant enhancement relative to the control sample at any separation. In the closest projected separation bin (< 25 kpc, ΔV < 1000 km s<SUP>-1</SUP>), we find enhancements of a factor of ${0.94}_{-0.16}^{+0.21}$ and ${1.00}_{-0.31}^{+0.58}$ for X-ray and IR-selected AGNs, respectively. While we conclude that galaxy interactions do not significantly enhance AGN activity on average over 0.5 < z < 3.0 at these separations, given the errors and the small sample size at the closest projected separations, our results would be consistent with the presence of low-level AGN enhancement.... | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/31194 | URL: | https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/abbf59 https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85097480042 |
ISSN: | 0004-637X | DOI: | 10.3847/1538-4357/abbf59 | Bibcode ADS: | 2020ApJ...904..107S | Fulltext: | open |
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