We investigate the co-evolution of the black hole accretion rate (BHAR) and the star formation rate (SFR) in $1.5lt zlt 2.5$ galaxies displaying a greater diversity of star-forming properties compared to previous studies. We combine X-ray stacking and far-IR photometry of stellar mass-limited samples of normal star-forming, starburst, and quiescent/quenched galaxies in the COSMOS field. We corroborate the existence of a strong correlation between BHAR (i.e., the X-ray luminosity, LX) and stellar mass (M*) for normal star-forming galaxies, though we find a steeper relation than previously reported. We find that starbursts show a factor of three enhancement in BHAR compared to normal SF galaxies (against a factor of six excess in SFR), while quiescents show a deficit of a factor times 5.5 at a given mass. One possible interpretation of this is that the starburst phase does not coincide with cosmologically relevant BH growth, or that starburst-inducing mergers are more efficient at boosting SFR than BHAR. Contrary to studies based on smaller samples, we find that the BHAR/SFR ratio of main-sequence (MS) galaxies is not mass invariant, but scales weakly as $M_{*}^{0.43pm 0.09}$, implying faster BH growth in more massive galaxies at $zsim 2$. Furthermore, BHAR/SFR during the starburst is a factor of two lower than in MS galaxies, at odds with the predictions of hydrodynamical simulations of merger galaxies that foresee a sudden enhancement of LX/SFR during the merger. Finally, we estimate that the bulk of the accretion density of the universe at $zsim 2$ is associated with normal star-forming systems, with only $sim 6(pm 1)%$ and $sim 11(pm 1)%$ associated with starburst and quiescent galaxies, respectively.

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STAR FORMATION RATE AND BLACK HOLE ACCRETION AT Z=2: THE DIFFERENT CONTRIBUTIONS IN QUIESCENT, NORMAL AND STARBUST GALAXIES / Rodighiero, G.; Brusa, M.; Daddi, E.; Negrello, M.; Mullaney, J. R.; Delvecchio, I.; Lutz, D.; Renzini, A.; Franceschini, A.; Baronchelli, I.; Pozzi, F.; Gruppioni, C.; Strazzullo, V.; Cimatti, A.; Silverman, J.. - In: THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS. - ISSN 2041-8205. - STAMPA. - 800:1(2015), pp. L5.1-L5.5. [10.1088/2041-8205/800/1/L10]

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STAR FORMATION RATE AND BLACK HOLE ACCRETION AT Z=2: THE DIFFERENT CONTRIBUTIONS IN QUIESCENT, NORMAL AND STARBUST GALAXIES

BRUSA, MARCELLA;DELVECCHIO, IVAN;POZZI, FRANCESCA;CIMATTI, ANDREA;
2015

Abstract

We investigate the co-evolution of the black hole accretion rate (BHAR) and the star formation rate (SFR) in $1.5lt zlt 2.5$ galaxies displaying a greater diversity of star-forming properties compared to previous studies. We combine X-ray stacking and far-IR photometry of stellar mass-limited samples of normal star-forming, starburst, and quiescent/quenched galaxies in the COSMOS field. We corroborate the existence of a strong correlation between BHAR (i.e., the X-ray luminosity, LX) and stellar mass (M*) for normal star-forming galaxies, though we find a steeper relation than previously reported. We find that starbursts show a factor of three enhancement in BHAR compared to normal SF galaxies (against a factor of six excess in SFR), while quiescents show a deficit of a factor times 5.5 at a given mass. One possible interpretation of this is that the starburst phase does not coincide with cosmologically relevant BH growth, or that starburst-inducing mergers are more efficient at boosting SFR than BHAR. Contrary to studies based on smaller samples, we find that the BHAR/SFR ratio of main-sequence (MS) galaxies is not mass invariant, but scales weakly as $M_{*}^{0.43pm 0.09}$, implying faster BH growth in more massive galaxies at $zsim 2$. Furthermore, BHAR/SFR during the starburst is a factor of two lower than in MS galaxies, at odds with the predictions of hydrodynamical simulations of merger galaxies that foresee a sudden enhancement of LX/SFR during the merger. Finally, we estimate that the bulk of the accretion density of the universe at $zsim 2$ is associated with normal star-forming systems, with only $sim 6(pm 1)%$ and $sim 11(pm 1)%$ associated with starburst and quiescent galaxies, respectively.
2015
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STAR FORMATION RATE AND BLACK HOLE ACCRETION AT Z=2: THE DIFFERENT CONTRIBUTIONS IN QUIESCENT, NORMAL AND STARBUST GALAXIES / Rodighiero, G.; Brusa, M.; Daddi, E.; Negrello, M.; Mullaney, J. R.; Delvecchio, I.; Lutz, D.; Renzini, A.; Franceschini, A.; Baronchelli, I.; Pozzi, F.; Gruppioni, C.; Strazzullo, V.; Cimatti, A.; Silverman, J.. - In: THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS. - ISSN 2041-8205. - STAMPA. - 800:1(2015), pp. L5.1-L5.5. [10.1088/2041-8205/800/1/L10]
Rodighiero, G.; Brusa, M.; Daddi, E.; Negrello, M.; Mullaney, J. R.; Delvecchio, I.; Lutz, D.; Renzini, A.; Franceschini, A.; Baronchelli, I.; Pozzi, F.; Gruppioni, C.; Strazzullo, V.; Cimatti, A.; Silverman, J.
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