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Title:
Environmental dependence of active galactic nuclei activity in the supercluster A901/2
Authors:
Gilmour, R.; Gray, M. E.; Almaini, O.; Best, P.; Wolf, C.; Meisenheimer, K.; Papovich, C.; Bell, E.
Affiliation:
AA(Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, Institute for Astronomy, Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ; European Southern Observatory, Alonso de Cordova 3107, Vitacura, Casilla 19001, Santiago 19, Chile), AB(School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD), AC(School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD), AD(Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, Institute for Astronomy, Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ), AE(Department of Physics, Denys Wilkinson Bldg., University of Oxford, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH), AF(Max-Plank-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany), AG(Steward Observatory, The University of Arizona, 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tuscon, AZ 85721, USA), AH(Max-Plank-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany)
Publication:
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 380, Issue 4, pp. 1467-1487. (MNRAS Homepage)
Publication Date:
10/2007
Origin:
MNRAS
MNRAS Keywords:
galaxies: active, galaxies: clusters: individual: A901/2
DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12127.x
Bibliographic Code:
2007MNRAS.380.1467G

Abstract

We present XMM data for the supercluster A901/2, at z ~ 0.17, which is combined with deep imaging and 17-band photometric redshifts (from the COMBO-17 survey), two degree field (2dF) spectra and Spitzer 24μm data, to identify active galactic nuclei (AGN) in the supercluster. The 90 ksec XMM image contains 139 point sources, of which 11 are identified as supercluster AGN with LX(0.5-7.5keV) > 1.7 × 1041ergcm-2s-1. The host galaxies have MR < -20 and only two of eight sources with spectra could have been identified as AGN by the detected optical emission lines. Using a large sample of 795 supercluster galaxies, we define control samples of massive galaxies with no detected AGN. The local environments of the AGN and control samples differ at >~98 per cent significance. The AGN host galaxies lie predominantly in areas of moderate projected galaxy density and with more local blue galaxies than the control sample, with the exception of one very bright type I AGN very near the centre of a cluster. These environments are similar to, but not limited to, cluster outskirts and blue groups. Despite the large number of potential host galaxies, no AGN are found in regions with the highest galaxy density (excluding some cluster cores where emission from the intra-cluster medium obscures moderate luminosity AGN). AGN are also absent from the areas with lowest galaxy density. We conclude that the prevalence of cluster AGN is linked to their environment.

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