Density Profile and X-ray Luminosity function of AGNs in galaxy clusters

Physics

Scientific paper

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

Clusters Of Galaxies

Scientific paper

We report a statistical study of contents of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) in galaxy clusters using the data of 68 galaxy clusters from the Chandra archive. The redshifts of the clusters range from 0.2 to 1.3, with median redshift of 0.38. The ensemble averaged surface density distribution of point sources show clear excess within virial radius (r_{200}) while away from the cluster the surface density of point sources agree with that of non-cluster fields. We found that the average deprojected radial density profile of X-ray selected AGNs have similar shape as normal galaxies rather than radio loud AGNs. On average the normalization of the cluster X-ray luminosity functions (XLFs) within r_{200} are ˜ 324 and 231 times higher than that of the field luminosity function in the 0.5-2 and 2-8 keV bands respectively. This translate to an AGN fraction in clusters is (73 ± 21)% of the field value in the soft band, and (52 ± 18)% in the hard band.

No associations

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for scientists and scientific papers. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Density Profile and X-ray Luminosity function of AGNs in galaxy clusters does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Density Profile and X-ray Luminosity function of AGNs in galaxy clusters, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Density Profile and X-ray Luminosity function of AGNs in galaxy clusters will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-838333

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.