Journal article
Co-evolution of black hole growth and star formation from a cross-correlation analysis between quasars and the cosmic infrared background
Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, v 449(4), pp 4476-4493
01 Jun 2015
Abstract
We present the first cross-correlation measurement between Sloan Digital Sky Survey type 1 quasars and the cosmic infrared background (CIB) measured by Herschel. The quasars cover the redshift range 0.15 < z < 3.5 where most of the CIB originates. We detect the sub-millimetre emission of the quasars, which dominates on small scales, and correlated emission from dusty star-forming galaxies (DSFGs) dominant on larger scales. The mean flux of the Data Release 7 (DR7) quasars (median redshift < z > = 1.4) is 11.1, 7.1 and 3.6 mJy at 250, 350 and 500 mu m, respectively, while the mean flux of the DR9 quasars (< z > = 2.5) is 5.7, 5.0 and 1.8 mJy at 250, 350 and 500 mu m, respectively. Assuming a modified blackbody spectral energy distribution with a power law in the mid-infrared, we infer that the mean infrared luminosity of the DR7 and DR9 quasars is 10(12.4) and 10(12.8) L-circle dot, respectively. The correlated emission arises from DSFGs in the same halo as the quasar (the one-halo term) and DSFGs in separate haloes correlated with the quasar-hosting halo (the two-halo term). Using a simple halo model, we find that most quasars are hosted by central galaxies. The host halo mass scale of the DR7 central and satellite quasars is 10(12.4 +/- 0.9) and 10(13.6 +/- 0.4) M-circle dot, respectively. The host halo mass scale of the DR9 central and satellite quasars is 10(12.3 +/- 0.6) and 10(12.8 +/- 0.4) M-circle dot, respectively. Thus, the halo environment of the central quasars is similar to that of the most actively star-forming galaxies, which supports the view that dusty starburst and quasar activity are evolutionarily linked.
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- Title
- Co-evolution of black hole growth and star formation from a cross-correlation analysis between quasars and the cosmic infrared background
- Creators
- Lingyu Wang - Durham UniversityMarco Viero - California Institute of TechnologyNicholas P. Ross - Drexel UniversityViktoria Asboth - University of British ColumbiaMatthieu Bethermin - European Southern ObservatoryJamie Bock - California Institute of TechnologyDave Clements - Imperial College LondonAlex Conley - University of Colorado SystemAsantha Cooray - University of California, IrvineDuncan Farrah - Virginia TechAmir Hajian - University of TorontoJiaxin Han - Durham UniversityGuilaine Lagache - Institut d'Astrophysique SpatialeGaelen Marsden - University of British ColumbiaAdam Myers - University of WyomingPeder Norberg - Durham UniversitySeb Oliver - University of SussexMat Page - University College LondonMyrto Symeonidis - University of SussexBernhard Schulz - Jet Propulsion LaboratoryWenting Wang - Durham UniversityMike Zemcov - California Institute of Technology
- Publication Details
- Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, v 449(4), pp 4476-4493
- Publisher
- Oxford Univ Press
- Number of pages
- 18
- Grant note
- New York University University of Chicago DEGAS-259586 / ERC StG grant Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics (MPA) University of Florida Korean Scientist Group Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; United States Department of Energy (DOE) Institute for Advanced Study United States Naval Observatory Ohio State University Los Alamos National Laboratory; United States Department of Energy (DOE) MCINN (Spain); Spanish Government University of Washington Princeton University US Department of Energy; United States Department of Energy (DOE) CSA (Canada) CNES (France); Centre National D'etudes Spatiales University of Arizona New Mexico State University Pennsylvania State University Brookhaven National Laboratory; United States Department of Energy (DOE) Japan Participation Group; Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) University of Portsmouth Brazilian Participation Group Harvard University Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology American Museum of Natural History Michigan State/Notre Dame/JINA Participation Group Case Western Reserve University University of Virginia National Science Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF) Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics ST/K001051/1; ST/L00075X/1; ST/K000977/1; ST/L00481X/1 / STFC; UK Research & Innovation (UKRI); Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Johns Hopkins University NASA (USA); National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) Max Planck Society; Foundation CELLEX University of Tokyo Spanish Participation Group University of Cambridge University of Utah National Aeronautics and Space Administration; National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) NAOC (China) Chinese Academy of Sciences (LAMOST); Chinese Academy of Sciences Japanese Monbukagakusho; Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (MEXT) Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics Vanderbilt University ASI (Italy); Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) Fermilab University of Pittsburgh University of Basel Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Carnegie Mellon University German Participation Group Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias SNSB (Sweden) US Department of Energy Office of Science; United States Department of Energy (DOE) Yale University Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) STFC (UK); UK Research & Innovation (UKRI); Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) CEA (France); French Atomic Energy Commission ST/L00481X/1; ST/L00075X/1; ST/K001051/1; ST/K000977/1 / Science and Technology Facilities Council; UK Research & Innovation (UKRI); Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) French Participation Group Higher Education Funding Council for England; UK Research & Innovation (UKRI); Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) Astrophysical Institute Potsdam CNRS (France); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Drexel University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Physics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000355342000082
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84930031740
- Other Identifier
- 991019173558404721
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