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10775509
Title
A tale of two feedbacks: star-formation in the host galaxies of radio-AGNs
Contributors
M Karouzos
,
M Im
,
M Trichas
,
A Ruiz
,
T Goto
,
M Malkan
,
Y Jeon
,
J Hoon Kim
,
H Mok Lee
,
S Kim
,
N Oi
,
H Matsuhara
,
T Takagi
,
K Murata
,
T Wada
,
K wada
,
H Shim
,
H Hanami
,
S Serjeant
,
GJ White (STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab.)
,
C Pearson (STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab.)
,
Y Ohyama
Abstract
Several lines of argument support the existence of a link between activity at the nuclei of galaxies, in the form of an accreting supermassive black hole, and star-formation activity in these galaxies. The exact nature of this link is still under debate. Radio jets have long been argued to be an ideal mechanism that allows AGN to interact with their host galaxy and regulate star-formation. In this context, we are using a sample of radio sources in the North Ecliptic Pole (NEP) field to study the nature of the putative link between AGN activity and star-formation. This is done by means of spectral energy distribution (SED) fitting. We use the excellent spectral coverage of the AKARI infrared space telescope together with the rich ancillary data available in the NEP to build SEDs extending from UV to far-IR wavelengths. Through SED fitting we constrain both the AGN and host galaxy components. We find a significant AGN component in our sample of relatively faint radio-sources ($<$mJy), that increases in power with increasing radio-luminosity. At the highest radio-luminosities, the presence of powerful jets dominates the radio emission of these sources. A positive correlation is found between the luminosity of the AGN component and that of star-formation in the host galaxy, independent of the radio luminosity. By contrast, for a given redshift and AGN luminosity, we find that increasing radio-luminosity leads to a decrease in the specific star-formation rate. The most radio-loud AGN are found to lie on the main sequence of star-formation for their respective redshifts. For the first time, such a two-sided feedback process is seen in the same sample. We conclude that radio jets do suppress star-formation in their host galaxies but appear not to totally quench it. Our results therefore support the maintenance nature of "radio-mode" feedback from radio-AGN jets.
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STFC
,
RALSP
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24326393
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Language
English (EN)
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Year
Preprint
Astrophys J
2013.
http://arxiv.org/abs/1309.7353
2013
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