Spectral decomposition of broad-line AGNs and host galaxies

被引:119
作者
Berk, DEV
Shen, JJ
Yip, CW
Schneider, DP
Connolly, AJ
Burton, RE
Jester, S
Hall, PB
Szalay, AS
Brinkmann, J
机构
[1] Penn State Univ, Dept Astron & Astrophys, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
[2] Univ Pittsburgh, Dept Phys & Astron, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA
[3] Case Western Reserve Univ, Dept Phys, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA
[4] Fermilab Natl Accelerator Lab, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
[5] York Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada
[6] Johns Hopkins Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
[7] Apache Point Observ, Sunspot, NM 88349 USA
关键词
galaxies : active; quasars : general; surveys; techniques : spectroscopic;
D O I
10.1086/497973
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Using an eigenspectrum decomposition technique, we separate the host galaxy from the broad-line active galactic nucleus (AGN) in a set of 4666 spectra from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), from redshifts near zero up to about 0.75. The decomposition technique uses separate sets of galaxy and quasar eigenspectra to efficiently and reliably separate the AGN and host spectroscopic components. The technique accurately reproduces the host galaxy spectrum, its contributing fraction, and its classification. We show how the accuracy of the decomposition depends on the S/N, host galaxy fraction, and galaxy class. On the basis of the eigencoefficients, the sample of SDSS broad-line AGN host galaxies spans a wide range of spectral types, but the distribution differs significantly from inactive galaxies. In particular, poststarburst activity appears to be much more common among AGN host galaxies. The luminosities of the hosts are much higher than expected for normal early-type galaxies, and their colors become increasingly bluer than early-type galaxies with increasing host luminosity. Most of the AGNs with detected hosts are emitting at between 1% and 10% of their estimated Eddington luminosities, but the sensitivity of the technique usually does not extend to the Eddington limit. There are mild correlations among the AGN and host galaxy eigencoefficients, possibly indicating a link between recent star formation and the onset of AGN activity. The catalog of spectral reconstruction parameters is also provided.
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