2024A&A...685A.108E


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2024A&A...685A.108E - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 685A108 (2024/5-1)

Euclid preparation XXXVIII. Spectroscopy of active galactic nuclei with NISP.

EUCLID COLLABORATION, LUSSO E., FOTOPOULOU S., SELWOOD M., ALLEVATO V., CALDERONE G., MANCINI C., MIGNOLI M., SCODEGGIO M., BISIGELLO L., FELTRE A., RICCI F., LA FRANCA F., VERGANI D., GABARRA L., LE BRUN V., MAIORANO E., PALAZZI E., MORESCO M., ZAMORANI G., CRESCI G., JAHNKE K., HUMPHREY A., LANDT H., MANNUCCI F., MARCONI A., POZZETTI L., SALUCCI P., SALVATO M., SHANKAR F., SPINOGLIO L., STERN D., SERJEANT S., AGHANIM N., ALTIERI B., AMARA A., ANDREON S., AUPHAN T., AURICCHIO N., BALDI M., BARDELLI S., BENDER R., BONINO D., BRANCHINI E., BRESCIA M., BRINCHMANN J., CAMERA S., CAPOBIANCO V., CARBONE C., CARRETERO J., CASAS S., CASTELLANO M., CAVUOTI S., CIMATTI A., CONGEDO G., CONSELICE C.J., CONVERSI L., COPIN Y., CORCIONE L., COURBIN F., COURTOIS H.M., DINIS J., DUBATH F., DUNCAN C.A.J., DUPAC X., DUSINI S., FARINA M., FARRENS S., FERRIOL S., FOURMANOIT N., FRAILIS M., FRANCESCHI E., FRANZETTI P., FUMANA M., GALEOTTA S., GARILLI B., GILLARD W., GILLIS B., GIOCOLI C., GRAZIAN A., GRUPP F., HAUGAN S.V.H., HOLMES W., HOOK I., HORMUTH F., HORNSTRUP A., KUMMEL M., KEIHANEN E., KERMICHE S., KUBIK B., KUNZ M., KURKI-SUONIO H., LIGORI S., LILJE P.B., LINDHOLM V., LLORO I., MANSUTTI O., MARGGRAF O., MARKOVIC K., MARTINET N., MARULLI F., MASSEY R., MEDINACELI E., MEI S., MELLIER Y., MERLIN E., MEYLAN G., MOSCARDINI L., MUNARI E., NIEMI S.-M., PADILLA C., PALTANI S., PASIAN F., PEDERSEN K., PERCIVAL W.J., PETTORINO V., POLENTA G., PONCET M., POPA L.A., RAISON F., REBOLO R., RENZI A., RHODES J., RICCIO G., ROMELLI E., RONCARELLI M., ROSSETTI E., SAGLIA R., SAPONE D., SARTORIS B., SCHNEIDER P., SECROUN A., SEIDEL G., SERRANO S., SIRIGNANO C., SIRRI G., STANCO L., SURACE C., TALLADA-CRESPI P., TAYLOR A.N., TEPLITZ H.I., TERENO I., TOLEDO-MOREO R., TORRADEFLOT F., TUTUSAUS I., VALENTIJN E.A., VALENZIANO L., VASSALLO T., VEROPALUMBO A., VIBERT D., WANG Y., WELLER J., ZOUBIAN J., ZUCCA E., BIVIANO A., BOLZONELLA M., BOZZO E., BURIGANA C., COLODRO-CONDE C., DI FERDINANDO D., GRACIA-CARPIO J., MAINETTI G., MAURI N., NEISSNER C., SAKR Z., SCOTTEZ V., TENTI M., VIEL M., WIESMANN M., AKRAMI Y., ANSELMI S., BACCIGALUPI C., BALLARDINI M., BETHERMIN M., BORGANI S., BORLAFF A.S., BRUTON S., CABANAC R., CALABRO A., CAPPI A., CARVALHO C.S., CASTIGNANI G., CASTRO T., CANAS-HERRERA G., CHAMBERS K.C., COORAY A.R., COUPON J., CUCCIATI O., DAVINI S., DE LUCIA G., DESPREZ G., DI DOMIZIO S., DOLE H., DIAZ-SANCHEZ A., ESCARTIN VIGO J.A., ESCOFFIER S., FERRERO I., GANGA K., GARCIA-BELLIDO J., GIACOMINI F., GOZALIASL G., GUINET D., HALL A., HILDEBRANDT H., JIMENEZ MUNOZ A., KAJAVA J.J.E., KANSAL V., KIRKPATRICK C.C., LEGRAND L., LOUREIRO A., MACIAS-PEREZ J., MAGLIOCCHETTI M., MAOLI R., MARTINELLI M., MARTINS C.J.A.P., MATTHEW S., MATURI M., MAURIN L., METCALF R.B., MIGLIACCIO M., MONACO P., MORGANTE G., NADATHUR S., PATRIZII L., PEZZOTTA A., POPA V., PORCIANI C., POTTER D., PONTINEN M., ROCCI P.-F., SANCHEZ A.G., SCHNEIDER A., SEFUSATTI E., SERENO M., SHULEVSKI A., SIMON P., SPURIO MANCINI A., STADEL J., STANFORD S.A., STEINWAGNER J., TESTERA G., TEYSSIER R., TOFT S., TOSI S., TROJA A., TUCCI M., VALIERI C., VALIVIITA J. and ZINCHENKO I.A.

Abstract (from CDS):

The statistical distribution and evolution of key properties of active galactic nuclei (AGN), such as their accretion rate, mass, and spin, remains a subject of open debate in astrophysics. The ESA Euclid space mission, launched on July 1 2023, promises a breakthrough in this field. We create detailed mock catalogues of AGN spectra from the rest-frame near-infrared down to the ultraviolet - including emission lines - to simulate what Euclid will observe for both obscured (type 2) and unobscured (type 1) AGN. We concentrate on the red grisms of the NISP instrument, which will be used for the wide-field survey, opening a new window for spectroscopic AGN studies in the near-infrared. We quantify the efficiency in the redshift determination as well as in retrieving the emission line flux of the Hα+[N II] complex, as Euclid is mainly focused on this emission line, given that it is expected to be the brightest one in the probed redshift range. Spectroscopic redshifts are measured for 83% of the simulated AGN in the interval where the Hα is visible (i.e. 0.89 < z < 1.83 at a line flux of > 2 × 10–16 erg s–1 cm–2, encompassing the peak of AGN activity at z ≃ 1 - 1.5) within the spectral coverage of the red grism. Outside this redshift range, the measurement efficiency decreases significantly. Overall, a spectroscopic redshift iscorrectly determined for about 90% of type 2 AGN down to an emission line flux of roughly 3 × 10–16 erg s–1 cm–2, and for type 1 AGN down to 8.5 × 10–16 erg s–1 cm–2. Recovered values for black hole mass show a small offset with respect to the input values by about 10%, but the agreement is good overall. With such a high spectroscopic coverage at z < 2, we will be able to measure AGN demography, scaling relations, and clustering from the epoch of the peak of AGN activity down to the present-day Universe for hundreds of thousands of AGN with homogeneous spectroscopic information.

Abstract Copyright: © The Authors 2024

Journal keyword(s): galaxies: active - quasars: general - quasars: supermassive black holes

VizieR on-line data: <Available at CDS (J/A+A/685/A108): list.dat nirstack.dat type1/* type1-hostcorr/* type2/*>

Simbad objects: 37

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Number of rows : 37
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026
#notes
1 6dFGS gJ000943.2-090840 Sy1 00 09 43.1471553984 -09 08 39.188577552   17.73 17.44     ~ 30 0
2 LBQS 0010+0035 Sy1 00 13 27.3148177584 +00 52 32.059679016   18.26 17.96     ~ 53 0
3 NAME SMC G 00 52 38.0 -72 48 01   2.79 2.2     ~ 12317 1
4 [OKM2018] SWIFT J0056.9+1472 Sy1 00 57 09.9306975096 +14 46 10.142054004   16.56 16.29     ~ 167 0
5 2MASSI J0058128+160201 Sy1 00 58 12.8425015536 +16 02 01.416593724   17.64 17.17     ~ 38 0
6 1RXS J010227.1-003911 Sy1 01 02 26.3183653728 -00 39 04.529536668   16.82 16.54 15.6   ~ 68 0
7 6dFGS gJ011110.0-101632 Sy1 01 11 10.0407996504 -10 16 31.924953192   17.32 16.96     ~ 34 0
8 UM 341 Sy1 01 34 18.1920302880 +00 15 36.712860732   16.87 16.70     ~ 67 0
9 2MASS J01553002-0857040 Sy1 01 55 30.0252391488 -08 57 04.130375616   17.26 17.02 16.89   ~ 74 0
10 UM 384 Sy1 01 59 10.0554315648 +01 05 14.577584208   17.87 17.46     ~ 76 0
11 Mrk 1014 Sy1 01 59 50.2534701768 +00 23 40.864244784   16.08 15.87     ~ 606 0
12 6dFGS gJ021707.9-084743 Sy1 02 17 07.8766625088 -08 47 43.517029956   17.81 17.44     ~ 31 0
13 QSO J0242-0759 QSO 02 42 50.8576520808 -07 59 14.224504704   17.36 17.19     ~ 43 1
14 2MASS J03120921-0810138 Sy1 03 12 09.2029316928 -08 10 13.848783492   17.81 17.53     ~ 29 0
15 KUV 03197+0045 Sy1 03 22 13.9031891472 +00 55 13.438904772   16.82 16.57     ~ 55 0
16 2MASS J03404293-0731257 Sy1 03 40 42.9376869600 -07 31 25.650881256   17.30 17.08     ~ 29 0
17 FBS 0732+396 Sy1 07 36 23.1300646872 +39 26 17.702470932   16.62 16.37     ~ 71 1
18 1RXS J083017.0-672520 Sy1 08 30 16.5367498344 -67 25 29.341129548   15.58   14.39   ~ 29 0
19 LEDA 3733631 Sy2 08 45 18.5124491064 +14 20 34.083804876           ~ 32 0
20 2MASS J09023731-4813339 Sy2 09 02 37.32 -48 13 33.9           ~ 47 0
21 [VV96] J091609.5-621929 Sy1 09 16 09.3662148312 -62 19 29.562130128   12.51 12.26 11.5   ~ 163 0
22 1RXS J100848.8-095442 Sy2 10 08 48.5916291744 -09 54 50.888985480   15.98   14.85   ~ 35 0
23 QSO B1252+0200 QSO 12 55 19.7003060256 +01 44 12.243051420   16.29 16.14     ~ 55 0
24 2MASS J13075656+0107097 Sy1 13 07 56.5759403280 +01 07 09.617067336   17.87 17.48     ~ 32 0
25 LEDA 1590215 Sy1 13 46 28.4158633032 +19 22 43.201839324   17.62 17.20     ~ 46 0
26 LEDA 3096406 Sy1 15 06 10.5025321344 +02 16 50.063643732   16.60 16.38     ~ 48 0
27 2MASSI J1605079+483422 Sy1 16 05 07.9231633320 +48 34 22.127160576   16.93 16.75     ~ 34 0
28 8C 1704+608 Bla 17 04 41.3742408840 +60 44 30.520617000   15.65 15.40 15.30   ~ 782 1
29 2MASS J17271181+6322420 Sy1 17 27 11.8141068432 +63 22 41.930453712   17.67 17.42     ~ 43 0
30 2MASS J18564937-5442298 Sy1 18 56 49.3789043472 -54 42 29.912363856   17.68   16.29   ~ 24 0
31 IRAS 20247-7542 Sy1 20 30 41.7200538144 -75 32 43.142501940 15.34 17.28 15.36 15.82   ~ 31 0
32 [VV2006] J211843.2-063618 Bla 21 18 43.2424351200 -06 36 17.995821552   17.87 17.67 17.51   ~ 59 1
33 FBQS J2126-0654 QSO 21 26 19.6602195768 -06 54 08.937070020   17.15 16.96     ~ 37 1
34 LEDA 68751 Sy1 22 23 49.5398449645 -02 06 12.856394895   16.93 15.77 16.02   ~ 511 2
35 PHL 484 QSO 23 22 35.6622829416 -09 44 38.133781836   17.65 17.43     ~ 23 0
36 PB 5546 QSO 23 49 32.7696958104 -00 36 45.828403740   17.95 17.63     ~ 50 0
37 4C -01.61 BLL 23 51 56.1224889360 -01 09 13.315371768   16.83 16.59     ~ 380 1

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