Proyecto de Investigación: GALAXIAS REALES Y VIRTUALES: LA FORMACION DE LAS GALAXIAS A LO LARGO DE LA HISTORIA COSMICA
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The host galaxies of luminous type 2 AGNs at z ∼ 0.3–0.4
(Oxford Academics: Oxford University Press, 2019-02-28) Urbano Mayorgas, J. J.; Villar Martín, M.; Buitrago, F.; Piqueras López, J.; Rodríguez del Pino, B.; Koekemoer, A. M.; Huertas Company, M.; Domínguez Tenreiro, R.; Carrera, F. J.; Tadhunter, C.; Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT); Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO); Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI); Buitrago, F. [0000-0002-2861-9812]; Koekemoer, A. M. [0000-0002-6610-2048]
We study the morphological and structural properties of the host galaxies associated with 57 optically selected luminous type 2 active galactic nuclei (AGNs) at z ∼ 0.3–0.4: 16 high-luminosity Seyfert 2 [HLSy2, 8.0 ≤ log(L[OIII]/L⊙)< 8.3] and 41 obscured [QSO2, log(L[OIII]/L⊙)≥ 8.3] quasars. With this work, the total number of QSO2s at z < 1 with parametrized galaxies increases from ∼35 to 76. Our analysis is based on Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 and ACS images that we fit with GALFIT. HLSy2s and QSO2s show a wide diversity of galaxy hosts. The main difference lies in the higher incidence of highly disturbed systems among QSO2s. This is consistent with a scenario in which galaxy interactions are the dominant mechanism triggering nuclear activity at the highest AGN power. There is a strong dependence of galaxy properties with AGN power (assuming L[OIII] is an adequate proxy). The relative contribution of the spheroidal component to the total galaxy light (B/T) increases with L[OIII]. While systems dominated by the spheroidal component spread across the total range of L[OIII], most disc-dominated galaxies concentrate at log(L[OIII]/L⊙)<8.6. This is expected if more powerful AGNs are powered by more massive black holes which are hosted by more massive bulges or spheroids. The average galaxy sizes (〈re〉) are 5.0 ± 1.5 kpc for HLSy2s and 3.9 ± 0.6 kpc for HLSy2s and QSO2s, respectively. These are significantly smaller than those found for QSO1s and narrow-line radio galaxies at similar z. We put the results of our work in the context of related studies of AGNs with quasar-like luminosities.
J-PLUS: The Javalambre Photometric Local Universe Survey
(EDP Sciences, 2019-02-21) Cenarro, A. J.; Moles, M.; Cristóbal Hornillos, D.; Marín Franch, A.; Ederoclite, A.; Varela, J.; López Sanjuan, C.; Hernández Monteagudo, C.; Angulo, R. E.; Vázquez Ramió, H.; Viironen, K.; Reis, R. R. R.; Molino, A.; Roig, F.; Vilella-Rojo, G.; Sako, M.; Sánchez Blázquez, P.; Gurung López, S.; Santos, W. A.; Telles, E.; Allende Prieto, C.; Bonatto, C.; Vilchez, J. M.; San Roman, I.; Daflon, S.; Dupke, R. A.; Greisel, N.; Jiménez Teja, Y.; Placco, V. M.; Logroño García, R.; Spinoso, D.; Maícas, N.; Izquierdo Villalba, D.; Abril, J.; Aguerri, J. A. L.; Carvano, J. M.; Bielsa de Toledo, S.; Chies Santos, A. L.; Falcón Barroso, J.; Civera, T.; Gonçalves, D. R.; Hernández Fuertes, J.; Iglesias Marzoa, R.; Whitten, D. D.; Antón, J. L.; Kruuse, K.; Lamadrid, J. L.; Bello, R.; Castillo Ramírez, J.; López Sainz, A.; Moreno Signes, A.; Chueca, S.; Díaz Martín, M. C.; Beers, T. C.; Domínguez Martínez, M.; Rueda Teruel, F.; Garzarán Calderaro, J.; Iñiguez, C.; Tilve, V.; Jiménez Ruiz, J. M.; Lasso Cabrera, N.; Alcaniz, J. S.; López Alegre, G.; Muniesa, D. J.; Lopes de Oliveira, R.; Tamm, A.; Rodríguez Llano, S.; Rueda Teruel, S.; Akras, S.; Alfaro, E. J.; Soriano Laguía, I.; Valdivielso, L.; Beasley, M. A.; Borges Fernandes, M.; Yanes Díaz, A.; Mendes de Oliveira, Claudia L.; Lyman, J. D.; Sodré, L.; Carrasco, J. M.; Coelho, P. R. T.; Xavier, H. S.; Costa Duarte, M. V.; Abramo, L. R.; Álvarez Candal, A.; Galarza, A.; Ascaso, B.; Bruzual, G.; González Serrano, J. I.; Gutiérrez Soto, L. A.; Buzzo, M. L.; Cepa, J.; Kuncarayakti, H.; Landim, R. C. G.; Cortesi, A.; De Prá, M.; Lima Neto, G. B.; Maíz Apellániz, J.; Favole, G.; Galbany, L.; Orsi, Álvaro A.; García, K.; Nogueira Cavalcante, J. P.; González Delgado, R. M.; Hernández Jiménez, J. A.; Oteo, I.; Kanaan, A.; Laur, J.; Rebassa-Mansergas, A.; Lincandro, J.; Miralda Escudé, J.; Salvador Rusiñol, N.; Sampedro, L.; Morate, D.; Novais, P. M.; Schmidtobreick, L.; Siffert, B. B.; Oncins, M.; Overzier, R. A.; Bonoli, S.; Hurier, G.; Pereira, C. B.; Díaz García, Pedro; Solano, Enrique; Gobierno de Aragón; European Commission (EC); Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico; Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos (FINEP); Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP); Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ); Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES); National Science Foundation (NSF); Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO); 0000-0002-2573-2342; Jailson Souza de Alcaniz. [https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2441-1413]; Coelho, P. R. T. [0000-0003-1846-4826]; Unidad de Excelencia Científica María de Maeztu Centro de Astrobiología del Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial y CSIC, MDM-2017-0737
The Javalambre Photometric Local Universe Survey (J-PLUS ) is an ongoing 12-band photometric optical survey, observing thousands of square degrees of the Northern Hemisphere from the dedicated JAST/T80 telescope at the Observatorio Astrofísico de Javalambre (OAJ). The T80Cam is a camera with a field of view of 2 deg2 mounted on a telescope with a diameter of 83 cm, and is equipped with a unique system of filters spanning the entire optical range (3500–10 000 Å). This filter system is a combination of broad-, medium-, and narrow-band filters, optimally designed to extract the rest-frame spectral features (the 3700–4000 Å Balmer break region, Hδ, Ca H+K, the G band, and the Mg b and Ca triplets) that are key to characterizing stellar types and delivering a low-resolution photospectrum for each pixel of the observed sky. With a typical depth of AB ∼21.25 mag per band, this filter set thus allows for an unbiased and accurate characterization of the stellar population in our Galaxy, it provides an unprecedented 2D photospectral information for all resolved galaxies in the local Universe, as well as accurate photo-z estimates (at the δ z/(1 + z)∼0.005–0.03 precision level) for moderately bright (up to r ∼ 20 mag) extragalactic sources. While some narrow-band filters are designed for the study of particular emission features ([O II]/λ3727, Hα/λ6563) up to z < 0.017, they also provide well-defined windows for the analysis of other emission lines at higher redshifts. As a result, J-PLUS has the potential to contribute to a wide range of fields in Astrophysics, both in the nearby Universe (Milky Way structure, globular clusters, 2D IFU-like studies, stellar populations of nearby and moderate-redshift galaxies, clusters of galaxies) and at high redshifts (emission-line galaxies at z ≈ 0.77, 2.2, and 4.4, quasi-stellar objects, etc.). With this paper, we release the first ∼1000 deg2 of J-PLUS data, containing about 4.3 million stars and 3.0 million galaxies at r < 21 mag. With a goal of 8500 deg2 for the total J-PLUS footprint, these numbers are expected to rise to about 35 million stars and 24 million galaxies by the end of the survey.
Surface brightness fluctuation spectra to constrain stellar population properties.
(Oxford Academics: Oxford University Press, 2020-03-04) Vazdekis, A.; Cerviño, M.; Montes, M.; Martín Navarro, I.; Beasley, M. A.; European Research Council (ERC); Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI); Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO); Beasley, M. A. [0000-0002-4694-2250]; Vazdekis, A. [0000-0002-6259-8293]; Montes, M. [0000-0001-7847-0393]; Cervino, M. [0000-0001-8009-231X]; Centros de Excelencia Severo Ochoa, INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS (IAC), SEV-2015-0548; Unidad de Excelencia Científica María de Maeztu Centro de Astrobiología del Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial y CSIC, MDM-2017-0737
We present a new set of surface brightness fluctuation (SBF) spectra computed with the E-MILES stellar population synthesis models. The model SBF spectra cover the range λλ1680–50 000 at moderately high resolution, all based on extensive empirical stellar libraries. The models span the metallicity range −2.3≤[M/H]≤+0.26 for a suite of intial mass function types with varying slopes. These predictions can complement and aid fluctuation magnitude studies, permitting a first-order approximation by applying filter responses to the SBF spectra to obtain spectroscopic SBF magnitudes. We provide a recipe for obtaining the latter and discuss their uncertainties and limitations. We compare our spectroscopic SBF magnitudes to photometric data of a sample of early-type galaxies. We also show that the SBF spectra can be very useful for constraining relevant stellar population parameters. We find small (<5 per cent) mass fractions of extremely metal-poor components ([M/H]<−1) on the top of the dominant, old, and metal-rich stellar population. These results put stringent constraints on the early stages of galaxy formation in massive elliptical galaxies. This is remarkable given the high degree of degeneracy of the standard spectral analysis to such metal-poor stellar populations in the visible and in the near-infrared. The new SBF models show great potential for exploiting ongoing surveys, particularly those based on narrow-band filters.
The Rapid Buildup of Massive Early-type Galaxies: Supersolar Metallicity, High Velocity Dispersion, and Young Age for an Early-type Galaxy at z = 3.35
(The Institute of Physics (IOP), 2020-12-10) Saracco, P.; Marchesini, D.; La Barbera, F.; Gargiulo, A.; Annunziatella, M.; Forrest, B.; Lange Vagle, D. J.; Cemile Marsan, Z.; Muzzin, A.; Stefanon, M.; Wilson, G.; National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); National Science Foundation (NSF); Fondation Raoul Follereau (FRF); Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI); Saracco, P. [0000-0003-3959-2595]; Marchesini, D. [0000-0001-9002-3502]; Forrest, B. [0000-0001-6003-0541]; Cemile Marsan, Z. [0000-0002-7248-1566]; Muzzin, A. [0000-0002-9330-9108]; Stefanon, M. [0000-0001-7768-5309]; Unidad de Excelencia Científica María de Maeztu Centro de Astrobiología del Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial y CSIC, MDM-2017-0737
How massive early-type galaxies (ETGs) assembled their mass, on which timescales the star formation quenched, and when their supersolar metallicity has been established are still open and debated issues. Thanks to very deep spectroscopic observations carried out at the Large Binocular Telescope, we simultaneously measured stellar age, metallicity, and velocity dispersion for C1-23152, an ETG at redshift z = 3.352, corresponding to an epoch when the universe was ~1.8 Gyr old. The analysis of its spectrum shows that this galaxy, hosting an active galactic nucleus (AGN), formed and assembled ~2 × 1011 M⊙, shaping its morphology within the ~600 Myr preceding the observations, since z ~ 4.6. The stellar population has a mean mass-weighted age of ${400}_{-70}^{+30}$ Myr, and it is formed between ~600 and ~150 Myr before the observed epoch, the latter being the time since quenching. Its high stellar velocity dispersion, σe = 409 ± 60 km s−1, confirms the high mass (Mdyn = 2.2 (±0.4) × 1011 M⊙) and the high mass density (${{\rm{\Sigma }}}_{e}^{{M}^{* }}$ = Σ1kpc = 3.2 (±0.7) × 1010 M⊙ kpc−2), suggesting a fast dissipative process at its origin. The analysis points toward a supersolar metallicity, [Z/H] = 0.25${}_{-0.10}^{+0.006}$, in agreement with the above picture, suggesting a star formation efficiency much higher than the replenishment time. However, subsolar-metallicity values cannot be firmly ruled out by our analysis. Quenching must have been extremely efficient to reduce the star formation to SFR < 6.5 M⊙ yr−1 in less than 150 Myr. This could be explained by the presence of the AGN, even if a causal relation cannot be established from the data. C1-23152 has the same stellar and physical properties of the densest ETGs in the local universe of comparable mass, suggesting that they are C1-23152-like galaxies that evolved to z = 0 unperturbed.
Dynamical Structure of Small Bulges Reveals Their Early Formation in ΛCDM Paradigm
(The Institute of Physics (IOP), 2020-01-17) Costantin, L.; Méndez Abreu, J.; Corsini, E. M.; Morelli, L.; De Lorenzo Cáceres, A.; Pagotto, I.; Cuomo, V.; Aguerri, J. A. L.; Rubino, M.; Comunidad de Madrid; Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI); Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO); Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca (MIUR); 0000-0001-6820-0015; Unidad de Excelencia Científica María de Maeztu Centro de Astrobiología del Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial y CSIC, MDM-2017-0737
The Λ cold dark matter (ΛCDM) paradigm of galaxy formation predicts that dense spheroidal stellar structures invariably grow at early cosmic time. These primordial spheroids evolve toward a virialized dynamical status as they finally become today's elliptical galaxies and large bulges at the center of disk galaxies. However, observations reveal that small bulges in spiral galaxies are common in the nearby universe. The prevailing belief that all small bulges form at later times from internal processes occurring in the disk represents a challenge for the ΛCDM scenario. Notably, the coevolution of bulges and central supermassive black holes (SMBHs) at early phases of galaxy evolution is also at stake. However, observations have so far not provided conclusive evidence against their possible early origin. Here, we report new observations of small bulges showing that they follow the mass–velocity dispersion relation expected for virialized systems. Contrary to previous claims, small bulges bridge the gap between massive ellipticals and globular clusters. This dynamical picture supports a scenario where systems over seven orders of magnitude in stellar mass form at early cosmic time. These results alleviate the tension between ΛCDM simulations and observations at galactic scales. We hypothesize that these small bulges are actually the low-mass descendants of compact objects observed at high redshift, also known as red nuggets, which are consistently produced in cosmological ΛCDM simulations. Therefore, this also suggests that the established coevolution of SMBHs and large bulges naturally extends to spheroids in the low-mass regime.
