Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2002-02-22
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 332 (2002) L11
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
5 pages, 3 figures, MNRAS Letters in press. Replaced to match version accepted for publication in MNRAS; some minor changes on
Scientific paper
10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05488.x
We present the 15 micron luminosity function of type 1 AGN (QSO + Seyfert 1). Our sample of 21 high-redshift sources is selected from the Preliminary Analysis catalogue in the S1 field of the European Large Area ISO Survey (ELAIS). To study the cosmological evolution of the AGN1 luminosity function, our sample has been combined with a local sample of 41 sources observed by IRAS. We find that the luminosity function of AGN1 at 15 micron is fairly well represented by a double-power-law-function. There is evidence for significant cosmological evolution consistent with a pure luminosity evolution (PLE) model L(z) (1+z)^k, with k=3.0-3.3. The value of k depends on the existence or not of an evolution cut-off at redshift ~2, and on the adopted cosmology. From the luminosity function and its evolution we estimate a contribution of AGN1 to the Cosmic Infrared Background (CIRB) of nuI_nu ~ 6 x 10^{-11}W m^{-2} sr^{-1} at 15 micron. This corresponds to ~2-3% of the total observed CIRB at this wavelength. Under the usual assumptions of unified models for AGN, the expected contribution of the whole AGN population to the CIRB at 15 micron is 10-15%.
Alexander Dave M.
Danese Lugi
Gruppioni Carlotta
La Franca Fabio
Lari Carlo
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