Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Jan 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009aas...21342415p&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, #424.15; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.248
Mathematics
Logic
Scientific paper
UV-optical colors provide a clear distinction between quiescent galaxies and those undergoing star formation. Galaxy morphology measurements, such as the Gini coefficient, M20, concentration, asymmetry, and the Sersic index, allow identification of interacting galaxies and separation of non-interacting galaxies into bulge or disk-dominated systems. Thus, one can use the colors and morphologies of AGN host galaxies to probe the predicted relationship between galaxy interactions and significant black hole growth (an AGN stage). However, due to the UV excess observed in many AGNs (particularly quasars and Seyfert 1 galaxies) and the potentially significant optical contribution from AGNs that are not heavily obscured, one must exercise caution when interpreting the results from color and morphology measurements of AGN host galaxies.
With this in mind, we created a set of simulated AGNs to test the reliability of color and morphology measurements of AGN host galaxies. The results were compared to observations of AGN host galaxies at z 1 from the All-wavelength Extended Groth Strip International Survey (AEGIS). Our observed results reveal a population of X-ray luminous AGN hosts that appear to have green UV-optical colors, indicative of recent star-formation, and a largely disk-dominated profile, suggesting a bulge that is not yet fully developed. Comparison with results from our simulated AGNs suggest that at least some of the observational results are not likely to be due to color or morphological contamination from the presence of an AGN. Therefore, the observed AGN hosts seem to represent a real population that may be going through a transition phase, during which significant star-formation has recently ceased, but for which the black hole remains quite luminous.
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