Lunch talk on Feb. 27, 2023

Galaxy - Supermassive Black Hole (SMBH) Coevolution Probed with HETDEX Faint AGN

Speaker: Yechi Zhang (University of Tokyo)

Venue: Video Conference

Time: 12:30 PM, Monday, Feb. 27, 2023

Abstract: 

We investigate the stellar mass - black hole mass (M*-M_BH) relation with type 1 AGN down to M_BH=10^7 Msun 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 AGN with M_BH ranging from 10^7 to 10^10 Msun that are measured with single-epoch virial method using Civ emission lines detected in the HETDEX spectra. M* of the host galaxies are estimated from optical to near-infrared photometric data taken with Spitzer, WISE, and ground-based 4-8m class telescopes by CIGALE 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 JWST/NIRCam CEERS data. We obtain the M*-M_BH relation covering the unexplored low-mass ranges of M_BH~10^7-10^8 Msun, and conduct forward modelling 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\pm0.14 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 Msun. Our M*-M_BH relation is inconsistent with the M_BH suppression at the low-M* regime predicted by recent hydrodynamic simulations at a 97% confidence level, suggesting that feedback in the low-mass systems may be weaker than those produced in hydrodynamic simulations.

Report PPT:  SWIFAR_Yechi Zhang.pdf