COLA III. Radio Detection of AGN in Compact Moderate Luminosity Infra-Red Galaxies

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2010-06-14

arxiv.org/abs/1006.2740v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics

33 Pages, 14 Figures. Accepted for publication in ApJ

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We present results from 4.8 GHz VLA and Global-VLBI observations of the northern half of the moderate FIR luminosity (median L_IR = 10^11.01 L_Sol) COLA sample of star-forming galaxies. VLBI sources are detected in a high fraction (20/90) of the galaxies observed. The radio luminosities of these cores (~10^21 W/Hz) are too large to be explained by radio supernovae or supernova remnants and we argue that they are instead powered by AGN. These sub-parsec scale radio cores are preferentially detected toward galaxies whose VLA maps show bright 100-500 parsec scale nuclear radio components. Since these latter structures tightly follow the FIR to radio-continuum correlation for star-formation we conclude that the AGN powered VLBI sources are associated with compact nuclear starburst environments. The implications for possible starburst-AGN connections are discussed. The detected VLBI sources have a relatively narrow range of radio luminosity consistent with models in which intense compact Eddington-limited starbursts regulate the gas supply onto a central super-massive black hole. The high incidence of AGN radio cores in compact starbursts suggests little or no delay between the starburst phase and the onset of AGN activity.

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