Yechi Zhang
The Stellar Mass-Black Hole Mass Relation at z ∼ 2 down to MBH ∼ 10⁷ M⊙ Determined by HETDEX
Zhang, Yechi; Ouchi, Masami; Gebhardt, Karl; Liu, Chenxu; Harikane, Yuichi; Cooper, Erin Mentuch; Davis, Dustin; Farrow, Daniel J.; Gawiser, Eric; Hill, Gary J.; Kollatschny, Wolfram; Ono, Yoshiaki; Schneider, Donald P.; Finkelstein, Steven L.; Gronwall, Caryl; Jogee, Shardha; Krumpe, Mirko
Authors
Masami Ouchi
Karl Gebhardt
Chenxu Liu
Yuichi Harikane
Erin Mentuch Cooper
Dustin Davis
Dr Daniel Farrow D.J.Farrow@hull.ac.uk
Lecturer and Director of Education
Eric Gawiser
Gary J. Hill
Wolfram Kollatschny
Yoshiaki Ono
Donald P. Schneider
Steven L. Finkelstein
Caryl Gronwall
Shardha Jogee
Mirko Krumpe
Abstract
We investigate the stellar mass-black hole mass ( M * - M BH ) relation with type 1 active galactic nuclei (AGNs) down to M BH = 10 7 M ⊙ , corresponding to a ≃ −21 absolute magnitude in rest-frame ultraviolet, at z = 2-2.5. Exploiting the deep and large-area spectroscopic survey of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX), we identify 66 type 1 AGNs with M BH ranging from 107-1010 M ⊙ that are measured with single-epoch virial method using C iv emission lines detected in the HETDEX spectra. M * of the host galaxies are estimated from optical to near-infrared photometric data taken with Spitzer, the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, and ground-based 4-8 m class telescopes by CIGALE spectral energy distribution (SED) fitting. We further assess the validity of SED fitting in two cases by host-nuclear decomposition performed through surface brightness profile fitting on spatially resolved host galaxies with the James Webb Space Telescope/NIRCam CEERS data. We obtain the M * - M BH relation covering the unexplored low-mass ranges of M BH ∼ 10 7 - 10 8 M ⊙ , and conduct forward modeling to fully account for the selection biases and observational uncertainties. The intrinsic M * - M BH relation at z ∼ 2 has a moderate positive offset of 0.52 ± 0.14 dex from the local relation, suggestive of more efficient black hole growth at higher redshift even in the low-mass regime of M BH ∼ 10 7 - 10 8 M ⊙ . Our M * - M BH relation is inconsistent with the M BH suppression at the low- M * regime predicted by recent hydrodynamic simulations at a 98% confidence level, suggesting that feedback in the low-mass systems may be weaker than those produced in hydrodynamic simulations.
Citation
Zhang, Y., Ouchi, M., Gebhardt, K., Liu, C., Harikane, Y., Cooper, E. M., Davis, D., Farrow, D. J., Gawiser, E., Hill, G. J., Kollatschny, W., Ono, Y., Schneider, D. P., Finkelstein, S. L., Gronwall, C., Jogee, S., & Krumpe, M. (2023). The Stellar Mass-Black Hole Mass Relation at z ∼ 2 down to MBH ∼ 10⁷ M⊙ Determined by HETDEX. The Astrophysical journal, 948(2), Article 103. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acc2c2
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Mar 4, 2023 |
Online Publication Date | May 11, 2023 |
Publication Date | May 10, 2023 |
Deposit Date | Apr 17, 2024 |
Publicly Available Date | Apr 23, 2024 |
Journal | Astrophysical Journal |
Print ISSN | 0004-637X |
Electronic ISSN | 1538-4357 |
Publisher | American Astronomical Society |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 948 |
Issue | 2 |
Article Number | 103 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acc2c2 |
Public URL | https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4626455 |
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