Black Hole Mass and Eddington Ratio Distribution of Hot Dust-Obscured Galaxies

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Main Authors: Li, Guodong, Assef, Roberto J., Tsai, Chao-Wei, Wu, Jingwen, Eisenhardt, Peter R. M., Stern, Daniel, Díaz-Santos, Tanio, Blain, Andrew W., Jun, Hyunsung D., Arandá, Roman Fernández, Zewdie, Dejene
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author Li, Guodong
Assef, Roberto J.
Tsai, Chao-Wei
Wu, Jingwen
Eisenhardt, Peter R. M.
Stern, Daniel
Díaz-Santos, Tanio
Blain, Andrew W.
Jun, Hyunsung D.
Arandá, Roman Fernández
Zewdie, Dejene
author_facet Li, Guodong
Assef, Roberto J.
Tsai, Chao-Wei
Wu, Jingwen
Eisenhardt, Peter R. M.
Stern, Daniel
Díaz-Santos, Tanio
Blain, Andrew W.
Jun, Hyunsung D.
Arandá, Roman Fernández
Zewdie, Dejene
contents Hot Dust-Obscured Galaxies (Hot DOGs) are a rare population of hyper-luminous infrared galaxies discovered by the WISE mission. Despite the significant obscuration of the AGN by dust in these systems, pronounced broad and blue-shifted emission lines are often observed. Previous work has shown that 8 Hot DOGs, referred to as Blue-excess Hot DOGs (BHDs), present a blue excess consistent with type 1 quasar emission in their UV-optical SEDs, which has been shown to originate from the light of the obscured central engine scattered into the line of sight. We present an analysis of the rest-frame optical emission characteristics for 172 Hot DOGs through UV-MIR SED modeling and spectroscopic details, with a particular focus on the identification of BHDs. We find that while the optical emission observed in Hot DOGs is in most cases dominated by a young stellar population, 26% of Hot DOGs show a significant enough blue excess emission to be classified as BHDs. Based on their broad CIV and MgII lines, we find that the $M_{\rm BH}$ in BHDs range from $10^{8.7}$ to $10^{10} \ M_{\odot}$. When using the same emission lines in regular Hot DOGs, we find the $M_{\rm BH}$ estimates cover the entire range found for BHDs while also extending to somewhat lower values. This agreement may imply that the broad lines in regular Hot DOGs also originate from scattered light from the central engine, just as in BHDs, although a more detailed study would be needed to rule out an outflow-driven nature. Similar to $z\sim 6$ quasars, we find that Hot DOGs sit above the local relation between stellar and black hole mass, suggesting either that AGN feedback has not yet significantly suppressed the stellar mass growth in the host galaxies, or that they will be outliers of the relation when reaching $z$=0.
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spellingShingle Black Hole Mass and Eddington Ratio Distribution of Hot Dust-Obscured Galaxies
Li, Guodong
Assef, Roberto J.
Tsai, Chao-Wei
Wu, Jingwen
Eisenhardt, Peter R. M.
Stern, Daniel
Díaz-Santos, Tanio
Blain, Andrew W.
Jun, Hyunsung D.
Arandá, Roman Fernández
Zewdie, Dejene
Astrophysics of Galaxies
Hot Dust-Obscured Galaxies (Hot DOGs) are a rare population of hyper-luminous infrared galaxies discovered by the WISE mission. Despite the significant obscuration of the AGN by dust in these systems, pronounced broad and blue-shifted emission lines are often observed. Previous work has shown that 8 Hot DOGs, referred to as Blue-excess Hot DOGs (BHDs), present a blue excess consistent with type 1 quasar emission in their UV-optical SEDs, which has been shown to originate from the light of the obscured central engine scattered into the line of sight. We present an analysis of the rest-frame optical emission characteristics for 172 Hot DOGs through UV-MIR SED modeling and spectroscopic details, with a particular focus on the identification of BHDs. We find that while the optical emission observed in Hot DOGs is in most cases dominated by a young stellar population, 26% of Hot DOGs show a significant enough blue excess emission to be classified as BHDs. Based on their broad CIV and MgII lines, we find that the $M_{\rm BH}$ in BHDs range from $10^{8.7}$ to $10^{10} \ M_{\odot}$. When using the same emission lines in regular Hot DOGs, we find the $M_{\rm BH}$ estimates cover the entire range found for BHDs while also extending to somewhat lower values. This agreement may imply that the broad lines in regular Hot DOGs also originate from scattered light from the central engine, just as in BHDs, although a more detailed study would be needed to rule out an outflow-driven nature. Similar to $z\sim 6$ quasars, we find that Hot DOGs sit above the local relation between stellar and black hole mass, suggesting either that AGN feedback has not yet significantly suppressed the stellar mass growth in the host galaxies, or that they will be outliers of the relation when reaching $z$=0.
title Black Hole Mass and Eddington Ratio Distribution of Hot Dust-Obscured Galaxies
topic Astrophysics of Galaxies
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.20479