Local Active Galactic Nuclei with Large Broad-Hα Variability Reside in Red Galaxies
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作者 | Liu,Wen-Juan5; Lira,Paulina6; Yao,Su1; Xu,Dawei2,7![]() ![]() |
刊名 | The Astrophysical Journal
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出版日期 | 2021-07-01 |
卷号 | 915期号:1 |
关键词 | Active galactic nuclei AGN host galaxies Accretion Intermediate-mass black holes Quasars |
ISSN号 | 0004-637X |
DOI | 10.3847/1538-4357/abf82c |
英文摘要 | Abstract Inspired by our serendipitous discovery of six active galactic nuclei (AGNs) with varying broad-Hα fluxes over years from our search for intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs), we conduct a systematic investigation of changing-look (CL) and large-variability AGNs. We collect all the CL AGNs at z?0.15 and the reverberation-mapped AGNs with strongly variable broad Hα and perform careful decomposition fittings to both their images and spectra. We find two observational facts: (1) The host galaxies of local CL and large-variability AGNs, mainly being Seyferts, are in the red (gas-poor) tail of the general Seyfert galaxy population. (2) In contrast, there is a significant trend that their more luminous counterparts, namely CL and extremely variable quasars (CLQs and EVQs), are different: CLQs are generally in blue galaxies; in terms of the diagram of star formation rate and M*,?local CL Seyfert galaxies are located in the green valley, whereas CLQ hosts are in the star-forming main sequence. We propose explanations for those strongly variable Seyferts and quasars, respectively, under the assumption that accretion disks broadly depend on nuclear fueling modes. Local large-variability and CL Seyferts are in nuclear famine mode, where cold-gas clumps can be formed stochastically in the fueling flow, and their episodic infall produces sharp peaks in the accretion-rate curve. CLQs and EVQs are in feast fueling mode, which may account for both their preference for blue galaxies and their variability pattern (high-amplitude tail of the continuous distribution). Lastly, we propose a new thinking: to search for IMBHs by optical variability in red galaxies. |
语种 | 英语 |
WOS记录号 | IOP:0004-637X-915-1-ABF82C |
出版者 | The American Astronomical Society |
源URL | [http://ir.bao.ac.cn/handle/114a11/56727] ![]() |
专题 | 中国科学院国家天文台 |
通讯作者 | Liu,Wen-Juan |
作者单位 | 1.Max-Planck Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121 Bonn, Germany; syao@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de 2.School of Astronomy and Space Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China 3.Guangxi Key Laboratory for Relativistic Astrophysics, School of Physical Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, People’s Republic of China 4.Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, P.O. Box 25, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA 5.Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650011, People’s Republic of China; wjliu@ynao.ac.cn 6.Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 36-D, Santiago, Chile; plira@das.uchile.cl 7.Key Laboratory of Space Astronomy and Technology, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, People’s Republic of China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Liu,Wen-Juan,Lira,Paulina,Yao,Su,et al. Local Active Galactic Nuclei with Large Broad-Hα Variability Reside in Red Galaxies[J]. The Astrophysical Journal,2021,915(1). |
APA | Liu,Wen-Juan.,Lira,Paulina.,Yao,Su.,Xu,Dawei.,Wang,Jing.,...&Martínez-Palomera,Jorge.(2021).Local Active Galactic Nuclei with Large Broad-Hα Variability Reside in Red Galaxies.The Astrophysical Journal,915(1). |
MLA | Liu,Wen-Juan,et al."Local Active Galactic Nuclei with Large Broad-Hα Variability Reside in Red Galaxies".The Astrophysical Journal 915.1(2021). |
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