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Harris, Kathryn; Farrah, Duncan; Schulz, Bernhard; Hatziminaoglou, Evanthia; Viero, Marco; Anderson, Nick; Béthermin, Matthieu; Chapman, Scott; Clements, David L; Cooray, Asantha; Efstathiou, Andreas; Feltre, Anne; Hurley, Peter; Ibar, Eduardo; Lacy, Mark; Oliver, Sebastian; Page, Mathew J; Pérez-Fournon, Ismael; Petty, Sara M; Pitchford, Lura K; Rigopoulou, Dimitra; Scott, Douglas; Symeonidis, Myrto; Vieira, Joaquin; Wang, Lingyu
Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 04/2016, Volume: 457, Issue: 4Journal Article
We investigate the relation between star formation rates ( $\dot{{M}}_s$ ) and AGN properties in optically selected type 1 quasars at 2 < z < 3 using data from Herschel and the SDSS. We find that $\dot{{M}}_s$ remains approximately constant with redshift, at 300 ± 100 M⊙ yr−1. Conversely, $\dot{{M}}_s$ increases with AGN luminosity, up to a maximum of ∼ 600 M⊙ yr−1, and with C iv FWHM. In context with previous results, this is consistent with a relation between $\dot{{M}}_s$ and black hole accretion rate ( $\dot{{M}}_{{\rm bh}}$ ) existing in only parts of the $z-\dot{{M}}_{s}-\dot{{M}}_{{\rm bh}}$ plane, dependent on the free gas fraction, the trigger for activity, and the processes that may quench star formation. The relations between $\dot{{M}}_s$ and both AGN luminosity and C iv FWHM are consistent with star formation rates in quasars scaling with black hole mass, though we cannot rule out a separate relation with black hole accretion rate. Star formation rates are observed to decline with increasing C iv equivalent width. This decline can be partially explained via the Baldwin effect, but may have an additional contribution from one or more of three factors; M i is not a linear tracer of L 2500, the Baldwin effect changes form at high AGN luminosities, and high C iv EW values signpost a change in the relation between $\dot{{M}}_s$ and $\dot{{M}}_{{\rm bh}}$ . Finally, there is no strong relation between $\dot{{M}}_s$ and Eddington ratio, or the asymmetry of the C iv line. The former suggests that star formation rates do not scale with how efficiently the black hole is accreting, while the latter is consistent with C iv asymmetries arising from orientation effects.
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