Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-06-15
Astrophys.J. 610 (2004) L85-L88
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
5 pages, 4 figures. Accepted for publication in ApJL
Scientific paper
10.1086/423317
We present the two--point correlation function (2PCF) of narrow-line active galactic nuclei (AGN) selected within the First Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Using a sample of 13605 AGN in the redshift range 0.055 < z < 0.2, we find that the AGN auto--correlation function is consistent with the observed galaxy auto--correlation function on scales 0.2h^{-1}Mpc to >100h^{-1}Mpc. The AGN hosts trace an intermediate population of galaxies and are not detected in either the bluest (youngest) disk--dominated galaxies or many of the reddest (oldest) galaxies. We show that the AGN 2PCF is dependent on the luminosity of the narrow [OIII] emission line (L_{[OIII]}), with low L_{[OIII]} AGN having a higher clustering amplitude than high L_{[OIII]} AGN. This is consistent with lower activity AGN residing in more massive galaxies than higher activity AGN, and L_{[OIII]} providing a good indicator of the fueling rate. Using a model relating halo mass to black hole mass in cosmological simulations, we show that AGN hosted by ~ 10^{12} M_{odot} dark matter halos have a 2PCF that matches that of the observed sample. This mass scale implies a mean black hole mass for the sample of M_{BH} ~ 10^8 M_{odot}.
Di Matteo Tiziana
Gray Alexander
Miller Christopher J.
Nichol Robert C.
Pope Adrian
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