On the co-evolution of supermassive black holes and their host galaxies since z = 3

Abstract

[Abridged] To investigate the evolution in the relation between galaxy stellar and central black hole mass we construct a volume limited complete sample of 85 AGN with host galaxy stellar masses M_{*} > 10^{10.5} M_{sol}, and specific X-ray luminosities L_{X} > 2.35 x 10^{43} erg s^{-1} at 0.4 < z < 3. We calculate the Eddington limiting masses of the supermassive black holes residing at the centre of these galaxies, and observe an increase in the average Eddington limiting black hole mass with redshift. By assuming that there is no evolution in the Eddington ratio (μ) and then that there is maximum possible evolution to the Eddington limit, we quantify the maximum possible evolution in the M_{*} / M_{BH} ratio as lying in the range 700 < M_{*}/M_{BH} < 10000, compared with the local value of M_{*}/M_{BH} ~ 1000. We furthermore find that the fraction of galaxies which are AGN (with L_{X} > 2.35 x 10^{43} erg s^{-1}) rises with redshift from 1.2 +/- 0.2 % at z = 0.7 to 7.4 +/- 2.0 % at z = 2.5. We use our results to calculate the maximum timescales for which our sample of AGN can continue to accrete at their observed rates before surpassing the local galaxy-black hole mass relation. We use these timescales to calculate the total fraction of massive galaxies which will be active (with L_{X} > 2.35 x 10^{43} erg s^{-1}) since z = 3, finding that at least ~ 40% of all massive galaxies will be Seyfert luminosity AGN or brighter during this epoch. Further, we calculate the energy density due to AGN activity in the Universe as 1.0 (+/- 0.3) x 10^{57} erg Mpc^{-3} Gyr^{-1}, potentially providing a significant source of energy for AGN feedback on star formation. We also use this method to compute the evolution in the X-ray luminosity density of AGN with redshift, finding that massive galaxy Seyfert luminosity AGN are the dominant source of X-ray emission in the Universe at z < 3.

25 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS

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