Computer Science – Graphics
Scientific paper
Jan 2012
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American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #219, #202.05
Computer Science
Graphics
Scientific paper
An important goal for studies of galaxy formation consists of tracing a direct evolutionary connection between the growth of supermassive black holes powering active galactic nuclei (AGNs) and the build-up of stellar mass in their host galaxies. In the local universe, AGNs are preferentially found in bulge-dominated galaxies, but the AGN demographics at earlier epochs are not as well understood. We present a rest-frame UV composite spectrum for a sample of 33 z 2-3 AGNs drawn from the UV-selected Lyman Break Galaxy (LBG) survey. This spectrum shows many emission and absorption features, such as HI Lyman-alpha, NV 1240, NIV] 1483, 1486, CIV 1548, 1550, HeII 1640, and CIII] 1907, 1909. Redshifted SiIV 1394 absorption provides evidence for outflowing high-ionization gas in these objects at speeds of 103 km/s. Finally, using optical, near-IR, and mid-IR photometry, which cover the rest-frame UV to near-IR portions of the galaxies' spectral energy distributions, we perform stellar population synthesis modeling of the sample. Based on these results, we explore the relationship in the host galaxy between AGN activity, maturity of the stellar population, and regulation of star formation.
Greene Joshua
Hainline Kevin
Shapley Alice
Steidel Charles C.
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