The AGN–galaxy–halo connection: the distribution of AGN host halo masses to z = 2.5

@article{Aird2020TheAC,
  title={The AGN–galaxy–halo connection: the distribution of AGN host halo masses to z = 2.5},
  author={James Aird and Alison L. Coil},
  journal={Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society},
  year={2020}
}
  • J. AirdA. Coil
  • Published 6 October 2020
  • Physics
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
It is widely reported, based on clustering measurements of observed active galactic nucleus (AGN) samples, that AGNs reside in similar mass host dark matter haloes across the bulk of cosmic time, with log $\mathcal {M}/\mathcal {M}_{\odot }\sim 12.5\!-\!13.0$ to z ∼ 2.5. We show that this is due in part to the AGN fraction in galaxies rising with increasing stellar mass, combined with AGN observational selection effects that exacerbate this trend. Here, we use AGN specific accretion rate… 
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