Mathematics – Probability
Scientific paper
Jan 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011aas...21714805m&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #217, #148.05; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011
Mathematics
Probability
Scientific paper
We report preliminary results from an ongoing Chandra survey of 100 field early-type galaxies. This project investigates the influence of environment upon supermassive black hole (SMBH) accretion within formally inactive galaxies. The volume-limited sample has been selected to be well-matched to the recently conducted AMUSE-Virgo survey, which studied SMBHs within cluster early-type galaxies. That work resulted in the detection of nuclear X-ray sources in 32/100 objects, establishing a firm lower limit of 24-34% to the SMBH occupation fraction of normal galaxies, and found the average Eddington-scaled X-ray luminosity to be a decreasing function of SMBH mass, evidence for accretion "downsizing" (Gallo et al. 2008, 2010). Galaxies in more isolated environments have distinct properties that might influence the rate of SMBH fueling. Relative to cluster sources, field early-type galaxies have a lower probability of mergers; they also likely retain a larger fraction of hot gas (due to reduced ram-pressure stripping) and apparently contain more cold gas and tend to have younger stellar populations. The X-ray detection fraction of the field early-type galaxies is found to be comparable to that of the AMUSE-Virgo survey. We correlate the average Eddington-scaled X-ray luminosity with SMBH mass for the observed objects and compare the relation to that found for cluster galaxies. We also calculate the rate of off-nuclear X-ray sources and discuss implications for X-ray binary populations within field early-type galaxies.
Gallo Elena
Miller Brendan P.
Treu Tommaso
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