CANDELS: CONSTRAINING THE AGN-MERGER CONNECTION WITH HOST MORPHOLOGIES AT<i>z</i>∼ 2

D. Kocevski, Dale; M. Faber, S.; Mozena, Mark; M. Koekemoer, Anton; Nandra, K.; Rangel, C.; S. Laird, E.; Brusa, M.; Wuyts, Stijn; R. Trump, Jonathan; C. Koo, David; S. Somerville, Rachel; F. Bell, Eric; M. Lotz, Jennifer; M. Alexander, David; Bournaud, F.; J. Conselice, Christopher; Dahlén, T.; Dekel, Avishai; L. Donley, J.; S. Dunlop, J.; Finoguenov, A.; Georgakakis, A.; Giavalisco, Mauro; Guo, Yicheng; A. Grogin, Norman; P. Hathi, Nimish; Juneau, S.; S. Kartaltepe, Jeyhan; A. Lucas, Ray; J. McGrath, Elizabeth; H. McIntosh, Daniel; Mobasher, Bahram; R. Robaina, Aday; J. Rosario, D.; N. Straughn, Amber; van der Wel, Arjen; Villforth, C.

doi:10.1088/0004-637x/744/2/148

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CANDELS: CONSTRAINING THE AGN-MERGER CONNECTION WITH HOST MORPHOLOGIES ATz∼ 2

Published in The Astrophysical Journal • Dec 22, 2011

Authors:

Dale D. Kocevski

S. M. Faber

Mark Mozena

Abstract

Using HST/WFC3 imaging taken as part of the Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey (CANDELS), we examine the role that major galaxy mergers play in triggering active galactic nuclei (AGN) activity at z~2. Our sample consists of 72 moderate-luminosity (Lx ~ 1E42-1E44 erg/s) AG...

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Physics

Astrophysics

Active galactic nucleus

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