The cold molecular gas regulates the activity of active galactic nuclei in massive galaxies
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| author | Chen, Yongyun Gu, Qiusheng Ho, Luis. C Fan, Junhui Yuan, Feng Wang, Tao Chen, Zhifu Xiong, Dingrong Yu, Xiaoling Guo, Xiaotong Ding, Nan |
| author_facet | Chen, Yongyun Gu, Qiusheng Ho, Luis. C Fan, Junhui Yuan, Feng Wang, Tao Chen, Zhifu Xiong, Dingrong Yu, Xiaoling Guo, Xiaotong Ding, Nan |
| contents | The physical quantities that directly regulate AGN feedback in massive galaxies remain poorly understood. Observations of molecular gas surrounding AGNs suggest that this gas serves as a fuel source for AGN activity. Accordingly, we study the relationship between AGN activity and molecular gas properties. In this study, we analyze a large sample of nearby AGNs with available measurements of molecular gas mass, radio luminosity, and \oiii~luminosity. Our results show that radio luminosity and \oiii~luminosity exhibit stronger correlations with molecular gas mass than with other physical parameters such as black hole mass, stellar mass, and bulge mass. Moreover, when controlling for the correlations between radio luminosity, \oiii~luminosity, and molecular gas mass, the relationships between these luminosities and other key physical parameters become significantly weaker or disappear entirely. This suggests that, of all the properties we have considered, it is the molecular gas mass that is most tightly correlated with radio and \oiii~luminosity, and may thus be the most important driver of nuclear activity. |
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| spellingShingle | The cold molecular gas regulates the activity of active galactic nuclei in massive galaxies Chen, Yongyun Gu, Qiusheng Ho, Luis. C Fan, Junhui Yuan, Feng Wang, Tao Chen, Zhifu Xiong, Dingrong Yu, Xiaoling Guo, Xiaotong Ding, Nan High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Astrophysics of Galaxies The physical quantities that directly regulate AGN feedback in massive galaxies remain poorly understood. Observations of molecular gas surrounding AGNs suggest that this gas serves as a fuel source for AGN activity. Accordingly, we study the relationship between AGN activity and molecular gas properties. In this study, we analyze a large sample of nearby AGNs with available measurements of molecular gas mass, radio luminosity, and \oiii~luminosity. Our results show that radio luminosity and \oiii~luminosity exhibit stronger correlations with molecular gas mass than with other physical parameters such as black hole mass, stellar mass, and bulge mass. Moreover, when controlling for the correlations between radio luminosity, \oiii~luminosity, and molecular gas mass, the relationships between these luminosities and other key physical parameters become significantly weaker or disappear entirely. This suggests that, of all the properties we have considered, it is the molecular gas mass that is most tightly correlated with radio and \oiii~luminosity, and may thus be the most important driver of nuclear activity. |
| title | The cold molecular gas regulates the activity of active galactic nuclei in massive galaxies |
| topic | High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Astrophysics of Galaxies |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.27121 |