Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-02-06
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.377:179-184,2007
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accepted for publication in MNRAS, 9 pages including 5 PostScript figures and 3 tables
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.11577.x
We study the Distant Red Galaxy (DRG, J-K_s > 2.3) neighbour population of Quasi Stellar Objects (QSOs) selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) in the redshift range 1 < z < 2. We perform a similar analysis for optically obscured AGNs (i.e. with a limiting magnitude I > 24) detected in the mid-infrared (24 $\mu$m) with the Spitzer Space Telescope and a mean redshift $z\sim 2.2$ in the Flamingos Extragalactic Survey (FLAMEX). Both QSOs and obscured AGN target samples cover 4.7 deg$^2$ in the same region of the sky. We find a significant difference in the environment of these two target samples. Neighbouring galaxies close to QSOs tend to be bluer than galaxies in optically obscured source environments. We also present results on the cross-correlation function of DRGs around QSOs and optically faint mid-infrared sources. The corresponding correlation length obtained for the QSO sample targets is $r_0$=$5.4\pm1.6$ Mpc h$^{-1}$ and a slope of $\gamma$=$1.94\pm0.10$ . For the optically obscured galaxy sample we find $r_0$=$8.9\pm1.4$ Mpc h$^{-1}$ and a slope of $\gamma$=$2.27\pm0.20$. These results indicate that optically faint obscured sources are located in denser environment of evolved red galaxies compare to QSOs.
Bornancini Carlos G.
García Lambas Diego
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