Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-01-31
Astron.J.131:2394-2405,2006
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accepted for publication in AJ. 37 pages, 12 figures
Scientific paper
10.1086/503107
We analyze a population of intermediate-redshift (z ~ 0.05-0.3), off-nuclear X-ray sources located within optically-bright galaxies in the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS) and Galaxy Evolution from Morphology and SEDs (GEMS) fields. A total of 24 off-nuclear source candidates are classified using deep Chandra exposures from the Chandra Deep Field-North, Chandra Deep Field-South, and Extended Chandra Deep Field-South; 15 of these are newly identified. These sources have average X-ray spectral shapes and optical environments similar to those observed for off-nuclear intermediate-luminosity (L_X >~ 10^{39} erg/s in the 0.5-2.0 keV band) X-ray objects (IXOs; sometimes referred to as ultraluminous X-ray sources [ULXs]) in the local universe. This sample improves the available source statistics for intermediate-redshift, off-nuclear sources with L_X >~ 10^{39.5} erg/s, and it places significant new constraints on the redshift evolution of the off-nuclear source frequency in field galaxies. The fraction of intermediate-redshift field galaxies containing an off-nuclear source with L_X >~ 10^{39} erg/s is suggestively elevated (~80% confidence level) with respect to that observed for IXOs in the local universe; we calculate this elevation to be a factor of 1.9^{+1.4}_{-1.3}. A rise in this fraction is plausibly expected as a consequence of the observed increase in global star-formation density with redshift, and our results are consistent with the expected magnitude of the rise in this fraction.
Alexander Dave M.
Bauer Franz Erik
Brandt Wiliam N.
Hornschemeier Ann Elizabeth
Koekemoer Anton M.
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