2014

PRIMUS: The relationship between Star formation and AGN accretion

Azadi, Mojegan, Aird, James, Coil, Alison et al.

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We study the evidence for a connection between active galactic nuclei (AGN) fueling and star formation by investigating the relationship between the X-ray luminosities of AGN and the star formation rates (SFRs) of their host galaxies.

  • We identify a sample of 309 AGN with $10^{41}<L_\mathrm{X}<10^{44} $ erg s$^{-1}$ at $0.2 < z < 1.2$ in the PRIMUS redshift survey.
  • We find AGN in galaxies with a wide range of SFR at a given $L_X$.
  • We do not find a significant correlation between SFR and the observed instantaneous $L_X$ for star forming AGN host galaxies.

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