Search

Start Over Validation Level 2 Capability Type Simple Cone Search
18021. z<0.06 active black hole galaxies from SDSS-DR8
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/775/116
Title:
z<0.06 active black hole galaxies from SDSS-DR8
Short Name:
J/ApJ/775/116
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present a sample of 151 dwarf galaxies (10^8.5^<~M_*_<~10^9.5^M_{sun}_) that exhibit optical spectroscopic signatures of accreting massive black holes (BHs), increasing the number of known active galaxies in this stellar-mass range by more than an order of magnitude. Utilizing data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 8 and stellar masses from the NASA-Sloan Atlas, we have systematically searched for active BHs in ~25000 emission-line galaxies with stellar masses comparable to the Magellanic Clouds and redshifts z<0.055. Using the narrow-line [OIII]/H{beta} versus [NII]/H{alpha} diagnostic diagram, we find photoionization signatures of BH accretion in 136 galaxies, a small fraction of which also exhibit broad H{alpha} emission. For these broad-line active galactic nucleus (AGN) candidates, we estimate BH masses using standard virial techniques and find a range of 10^5^<~M_BH_<~10^6^M_{sun}_ and a median of M_BH_~2x10^5^M_{sun}_. We also detect broad H{alpha} in 15 galaxies that have narrow-line ratios consistent with star-forming galaxies. Follow-up observations are required to determine if these are true type 1 AGN or if the broad H{alpha} is from stellar processes. The median absolute magnitude of the host galaxies in our active sample is M_g_=-18.1mag, which is ~1-2mag fainter than previous samples of AGN hosts with low-mass BHs. This work constrains the smallest galaxies that can form a massive BH, with implications for BH feedback in low-mass galaxies and the origin of the first supermassive BH seeds.
18022. z>~5 AGN in Chandra Deep Field-South
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/448/3167
Title:
z>~5 AGN in Chandra Deep Field-South
Short Name:
J/MNRAS/448/3167
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We investigate early black hole (BH) growth through the methodical search for z>~5 active galactic nuclei (AGN) in the Chandra} Deep Field South. We base our search on the Chandra 4-Ms data with flux limits of 9.1x10^-18^erg/s/cm2 (soft, 0.5-2keV) and 5.5x10^-17^erg/s/cm2 (hard, 2-8keV). At z~5, this corresponds to luminosities as low as ~10^42^erg/s/cm2 (~10^43^erg/s) in the soft (hard) band and should allow us to detect Compton-thin AGN with M_BH_>10^7^M_{sun}_ and Eddington ratios >0.1. Our field (0.03deg^2^) contains over 600 z~5 Lyman Break Galaxies. Based on lower redshift relations, we would expect ~20 of them to host AGN. After combining the Chandra data with Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS)/Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), CANDELS/Wide Field Camera 3 and Spitzer/Infrared Array Camera data, the sample consists of 58 high-redshift candidates. We run a photometric redshift code, stack the GOODS/ACS data, apply colour criteria and the Lyman Break Technique and use the X-ray Hardness Ratio. We combine our tests and using additional data find that all sources are most likely at low redshift. We also find five X-ray sources without a counterpart in the optical or infrared which might be spurious detections. We conclude that our field does not contain any convincing z>~5 AGN. Explanations for this result include a low BH occupation fraction, a low AGN fraction, short, super-Eddington growth modes, BH growth through BH-BH mergers or in optically faint galaxies. By searching for z>~5 AGN, we are setting the foundation for constraining early BH growth and seed formation scenarios.
18023. z=4.5 and z=5.7 LAEs properties with Spitzer
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/813/78
Title:
z=4.5 and z=5.7 LAEs properties with Spitzer
Short Name:
J/ApJ/813/78
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present the results from a stellar population modeling analysis of a sample of 162 z=4.5 and 14 z=5.7 Ly{alpha} emitting galaxies (LAEs) in the Bootes field, using deep Spitzer/IRAC data at 3.6 and 4.5 {mu}m from the Spitzer Ly{alpha} Survey, along with Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS and WFC3 imaging at 1.1 and 1.6 {mu}m for a subset of the LAEs. This represents one of the largest samples of high-redshift LAEs imaged with Spitzer IRAC. We find that 30/162 (19%) of the z=4.5 LAEs and 9/14 (64%) of the z=5.7 LAEs are detected at >=3{sigma} in at least one IRAC band. Individual z=4.5 IRAC-detected LAEs have a large range of stellar mass, from 5x10^8^-10^11^ M_{sun}_. One-third of the IRAC-detected LAEs have older stellar population ages of 100 Myr^-1^ Gyr, while the remainder have ages <100 Myr. A stacking analysis of IRAC-undetected LAEs shows this population to be primarily low mass (8-20x10^8^ M_{sun}_) and young (64-570 Myr). We find a correlation between stellar mass and the dust-corrected ultraviolet-based star formation rate (SFR) similar to that at lower redshifts, in that higher mass galaxies exhibit higher SFRs. However, the z=4.5 LAE correlation is elevated 4-5 times in SFR compared to continuum-selected galaxies at similar redshifts. The exception is the most massive LAEs which have SFRs similar to galaxies at lower redshifts suggesting that they may represent a different population of galaxies than the traditional lower-mass LAEs, perhaps with a different mechanism promoting Ly{alpha} photon escape.
18024. z<0.06 broad-line AGN emission-line measures
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/813/82
Title:
z<0.06 broad-line AGN emission-line measures
Short Name:
J/ApJ/813/82
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Scaling relations between central black hole (BH) mass and host galaxy properties are of fundamental importance to studies of BH and galaxy evolution throughout cosmic time. Here we investigate the relationship between BH mass and host galaxy total stellar mass using a sample of 262 broad-line active galactic nuclei (AGNs) in the nearby universe (z<0.055), as well as 79 galaxies with dynamical BH masses. The vast majority of our AGN sample is constructed using Sloan Digital Sky Survey spectroscopy and searching for Seyfert-like narrow-line ratios and broad H{alpha} emission. BH masses are estimated using standard virial techniques. We also include a small number of dwarf galaxies with total stellar masses M_stellar_<~10^9.5^M_{sun}_ and a subsample of the reverberation-mapped AGNs. Total stellar masses of all 341 galaxies are calculated in the most consistent manner feasible using color-dependent mass-to-light ratios. We find a clear correlation between BH mass and total stellar mass for the AGN host galaxies, with M_BH_{propto}M_stellar_, similar to that of early-type galaxies with dynamically detected BHs. However, the relation defined by the AGNs has a normalization that is lower by more than an order of magnitude, with a BH-to-total stellar mass fraction of M_BH_/M_stellar_~0.025% across the stellar mass range 10^8^<=M_stellar_/M_{sun}_<=10^12^. This result has significant implications for studies at high redshift and cosmological simulations in which stellar bulges cannot be resolved.
18025. z'BVRi' photometry of ClG 0016+1609
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/379/1546
Title:
z'BVRi' photometry of ClG 0016+1609
Short Name:
J/MNRAS/379/1546
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We report a definitive confirmation of a large-scale structure around the super rich cluster CL0016+1609 at z=0.55. We made spectroscopic follow-up observations with Faint Object Camera and Spectrograph (FOCAS) on Subaru along the large filamentary structure identified in our previous photometric studies, including some subclumps already found by other authors.
18026. z<0.16 CIV absorbers from HST/COS QSOs spectra
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/815/91
Title:
z<0.16 CIV absorbers from HST/COS QSOs spectra
Short Name:
J/ApJ/815/91
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
To investigate the evolution of metal-enriched gas over recent cosmic epochs as well as to characterize the diffuse, ionized, metal-enriched circumgalactic medium, we have conducted a blind survey for CIV absorption systems in 89 QSO sightlines observed with the Hubble Space Telescope Cosmic Origins Spectrograph. We have identified 42 absorbers at z<0.16, comprising the largest uniform blind sample size to date in this redshift range. Our measurements indicate an increasing CIV absorber number density per comoving path length (dN/dX=7.5+/-1.1) and modestly increasing mass density relative to the critical density of the universe ({Omega}_CIV_=10.0+/-1.5x10^-8^) from z~1.5 to the present epoch, consistent with predictions from cosmological hydrodynamical simulations. Furthermore, the data support a functional form for the column density distribution function that deviates from a single power law, also consistent with independent theoretical predictions. As the data also probe heavy element ions in addition to CIV at the same redshifts, we identify, measure, and search for correlations between column densities of these species where components appear to be aligned in velocity. Among these ion-ion correlations, we find evidence for tight correlations between CII and SiII, CII and SiIII, and CIV and SiIV, suggesting that these pairs of species arise in similar ionization conditions. However, the evidence for correlations decreases as the difference in ionization potential increases. Finally, when controlling for observational bias, we find only marginal evidence for a correlation (86.8% likelihood) between the Doppler line width b(CIV) and column density N(CIV).
18027. z~5.7 C IV absorption systems
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/442/946
Title:
z~5.7 C IV absorption systems
Short Name:
J/MNRAS/442/946
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Metal absorption systems are products of star formation. They are believed to be associated with massive star-forming galaxies, which have significantly enriched their surroundings. To test this idea with high column density CIV absorption systems at z~5.7, we study the projected distribution of galaxies and characterize the environment of CIV systems in two independent quasar lines of sight: J103027.01+052455.0 and J113717.73+354956.9. Using wide-field photometry (~80x60h^-1^ comoving Mpc), we select bright (M_UV(1350{AA})_<~-21.0mag) Lyman break galaxies (LBGs) at z~5.7 in a redshift slice {Delta}z~0.2 and we compare their projected distribution with z~5.7 narrow-band selected Lyman alpha emitters (LAEs, {Delta}z~0.08). We find that the CIV systems are located more than 10h^-1^ projected comoving Mpc from the main concentrations of LBGs and no candidate is closer than ~5h^-1^ projected comoving Mpc. In contrast, an excess of LAEs - lower mass galaxies - is found on scales of ~10h^-1^ comoving Mpc, suggesting that LAEs are the primary candidates for the source of the CIV systems. Furthermore, the closest object to the system in the field J1030+0524 is a faint LAE at a projected distance of 212h^-1^ physical kpc. However, this work cannot rule out undiscovered lower mass galaxies as the origin of these absorption systems. We conclude that, in contrast with lower redshift examples (z<~3.5), strong CIV absorption systems at z~5.7 trace low-to-intermediate density environments dominated by low-mass galaxies. Moreover, the excess of LAEs associated with high levels of ionizing flux agrees with the idea that faint galaxies dominate the ionizing photon budget at this redshift.
18028. z~2.3 cosmic voids in the COSMOS field
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/861/60
Title:
z~2.3 cosmic voids in the COSMOS field
Short Name:
J/ApJ/861/60
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present the most distant detection of cosmic voids (z~2.3) and the first detection of three-dimensional voids in the Ly{alpha} forest. We used a 3D tomographic map of the absorption with an effective comoving spatial resolution of 2.5h^-1^Mpc and a volume of 3.15x10^5^h^-3^Mpc^3^, which was reconstructed from moderate-resolution Keck I/LRIS spectra of 240 background Lyman-break galaxies and quasars in a 0.16deg^2^ footprint in the COSMOS field. Voids were detected using a spherical overdensity finder calibrated from hydrodynamical simulations of the intergalactic medium (IGM). This allows us to identify voids in the IGM corresponding to voids in the underlying matter density field, yielding a consistent volume fraction of voids in both data (19.5%) and simulations (18.2%). We fit excursion set models to the void radius function and compare the radially averaged stacked profiles of large voids (r>5h^-1^Mpc) to stacked voids in mock observations and the simulated density field. Comparing with 432 coeval galaxies with spectroscopic redshifts in the same volume as the tomographic map, we find that the tomography-identified voids are underdense in galaxies by 5.95{sigma} compared to random cells.
18029. zCOSMOS-bright catalog
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/172/70
Title:
zCOSMOS-bright catalog
Short Name:
J/ApJS/172/70
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
zCOSMOS is a large-redshift survey that is being undertaken in the COSMOS field using 600hr of observation with the VIMOS spectrograph on the 8m VLT. The survey is designed to characterize the environments of COSMOS galaxies from the 100kpc scales of galaxy groups up to the 100Mpc scale of the cosmic web and to produce diagnostic information on galaxies and active galactic nuclei. The zCOSMOS survey consists of two parts: (1) zCOSMOS-bright, a magnitude-limited I-band I_AB_<22.5 sample of about 20000 galaxies with 0.1<z<1.2 covering the whole 1.7deg^2^ COSMOS ACS field, for which the survey parameters at z~0.7 are designed to be directly comparable to those of the 2dFGRS at z~0.1; and (2) zCOSMOS-deep, a survey of approximately 10000 galaxies selected through color-selection criteria to have 1.4<z<3.0, within the central 1deg^2^. This paper describes the survey design and the construction of the target catalogs and briefly outlines the observational program and the data pipeline. In the first observing season, spectra of 1303 zCOSMOS-bright targets and 977 zCOSMOS-deep targets have been obtained.
18030. zCOSMOS 10K sample group catalog to z=1
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/697/1842
Title:
zCOSMOS 10K sample group catalog to z=1
Short Name:
J/ApJ/697/1842
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present a galaxy group catalog spanning the redshift range 0.1<~z<~1 in the ~1.7deg^2^ COSMOS field, based on the first ~10000 zCOSMOS spectra. The performance of both the Friends-of-Friends (FOF) and Voronoi-Delaunay method (VDM) approaches to group identification has been extensively explored and compared using realistic mock catalogs. We find that the performance improves substantially if groups are found by progressively optimizing the group-finding parameters for successively smaller groups, and that the highest fidelity catalog, in terms of completeness and purity, is obtained by combining the independently created FOF and VDM catalogs. The final completeness and purity of this catalog, both in terms of the groups and of individual members, compares favorably with recent results in the literature. The current group catalog contains 102 groups with N>=5 spectroscopically confirmed members, with a further ~700 groups with 2<=N<=4. Most of the groups can be assigned a velocity dispersion and a dark-matter mass derived from the mock catalogs, with quantifiable uncertainties. The fraction of zCOSMOS galaxies in groups is about 25% at low redshift and decreases toward ~15% at z~0.8. The zCOSMOS group catalog is broadly consistent with that expected from the semianalytic evolution model underlying the mock catalogs.

Limit your search

more »

more »

more »

more »

more »

more »