Observational Properties of AGN Obscuration During the Peak of Accretion Growth
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| author | Vijarnwannaluk, Bovornpratch Akiyama, Masayuki Schramm, Malte Ueda, Yoshihiro Matsuoka, Yoshiki Toba, Yoshiki Matsumoto, Naoki Ruiz, Angel Georgantopoulos, Ioannis Pouliasis, Ektoras Koulouridis, Elias Ichikawa, Kohei Sawicki, Marcin Gwyn, Stephen |
| author_facet | Vijarnwannaluk, Bovornpratch Akiyama, Masayuki Schramm, Malte Ueda, Yoshihiro Matsuoka, Yoshiki Toba, Yoshiki Matsumoto, Naoki Ruiz, Angel Georgantopoulos, Ioannis Pouliasis, Ektoras Koulouridis, Elias Ichikawa, Kohei Sawicki, Marcin Gwyn, Stephen |
| contents | We investigated the gas obscuration and host galaxy properties of active galactic nuclei (AGN) during the peak of cosmic accretion growth of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) at redshift 0.8-1.8 using X-ray detected AGN with mid-infrared and far-infrared detection. The sample was classified as type-1 and type-2 AGN using optical spectral and morphological classification while the host galaxy properties were estimated with multiwavelength SED fitting. For type-1 AGN, the black hole mass was determined from MgII emission lines while the black hole mass of type-2 AGN was inferred from the host galaxy's stellar mass. Based on the derived parameters, the distribution of the sample in the absorption hydrogen column density ($N_{\rm H}$) vs. Eddington ratio diagram is examined. Among the type-2 AGN, $28\pm5$\% are in the forbidden zone, where the obscuration by dust torus cannot be maintained due to radiation pressure on dusty material. The fraction is higher than that observed in the local universe from the BAT AGN Spectroscopic Survey (BASS) data release 2 ($11\pm3$\%). The higher fraction implies that the obscuration of the majority of AGN is consistent with the radiation pressure regulated unified model but with an increased incidence of interstellar matter (ISM) obscured AGN. We discuss the possibility of dust-free absorption in type-1 AGN and heavy ISM absorption in type-2 AGN. We also find no statistical difference in the star-formation activity between type-1 and type-2 AGN which may suggest that obscuration triggered by a gas-rich merging is not common among X-ray detected AGN in this epoch. |
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| spellingShingle | Observational Properties of AGN Obscuration During the Peak of Accretion Growth Vijarnwannaluk, Bovornpratch Akiyama, Masayuki Schramm, Malte Ueda, Yoshihiro Matsuoka, Yoshiki Toba, Yoshiki Matsumoto, Naoki Ruiz, Angel Georgantopoulos, Ioannis Pouliasis, Ektoras Koulouridis, Elias Ichikawa, Kohei Sawicki, Marcin Gwyn, Stephen Astrophysics of Galaxies We investigated the gas obscuration and host galaxy properties of active galactic nuclei (AGN) during the peak of cosmic accretion growth of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) at redshift 0.8-1.8 using X-ray detected AGN with mid-infrared and far-infrared detection. The sample was classified as type-1 and type-2 AGN using optical spectral and morphological classification while the host galaxy properties were estimated with multiwavelength SED fitting. For type-1 AGN, the black hole mass was determined from MgII emission lines while the black hole mass of type-2 AGN was inferred from the host galaxy's stellar mass. Based on the derived parameters, the distribution of the sample in the absorption hydrogen column density ($N_{\rm H}$) vs. Eddington ratio diagram is examined. Among the type-2 AGN, $28\pm5$\% are in the forbidden zone, where the obscuration by dust torus cannot be maintained due to radiation pressure on dusty material. The fraction is higher than that observed in the local universe from the BAT AGN Spectroscopic Survey (BASS) data release 2 ($11\pm3$\%). The higher fraction implies that the obscuration of the majority of AGN is consistent with the radiation pressure regulated unified model but with an increased incidence of interstellar matter (ISM) obscured AGN. We discuss the possibility of dust-free absorption in type-1 AGN and heavy ISM absorption in type-2 AGN. We also find no statistical difference in the star-formation activity between type-1 and type-2 AGN which may suggest that obscuration triggered by a gas-rich merging is not common among X-ray detected AGN in this epoch. |
| title | Observational Properties of AGN Obscuration During the Peak of Accretion Growth |
| topic | Astrophysics of Galaxies |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.06409 |