http://arxiv.org/abs/1710.05638
We present the clustering properties and halo occupation distribution (HOD) modeling of very low redshift, hard X-ray-detected active galactic nuclei (AGN) using cross-correlation function measurements with 2MASS galaxies. Spanning a redshift range of $0.007 < z < 0.037$, with a median $z=0.024$, we present a precise AGN clustering study of the most local AGN in the Universe. The AGN sample is drawn from the SWIFT/BAT 70-Month and INTEGRAL/IBIS 8-Year all-sky X-ray surveys and contains both type I and type II AGN. We find a large-scale bias for the full AGN sample of $b=1.04^{+0.10}{-0.11}$, which corresponds to a typical host dark matter halo mass of $M{\rm h}^{\rm typ}=12.84^{+0.22}{-0.30}\,h^{-1} M{\odot}$. When split into low and high X-ray luminosity and type I and type II AGN subsamples, we detect no statistically significant differences in the large-scale bias parameters. However, there are differences in the small-scale clustering which are reflected in the full HOD model results. We find that low and high X-ray luminosity AGN, as well as type I and type II AGN, occupy dark matter halos differently, with 3.4$\sigma$ and 4.0$\sigma$ differences in their mean halo masses, respectively, when split by luminosity and type. The latter finding contradicts a simple orientation-based AGN unification model. As a by-product of our cross-correlation approach, we also present the first HOD model of 2MASS galaxies.
M. Krumpe, T. Miyaji, A. Coil, et. al.
Tue, 17 Oct 17
100/163
Comments: 15 pages, 13 figures, 1 table, accepted for publication in MNRAS
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