Exploring the AGN-ram pressure stripping connection in local clusters

Abstract

Ram-pressure stripping by the intracluster medium (ICM) is one of the most advocated mechanisms that affect the properties of cluster galaxies. A recent study based on a small sample has found that many galaxies showing strong signatures of ram-pressure stripping also possess an active galactic nucleus (AGN), suggesting a possible correlation between the two phenomena. This result has not been confirmed by a subsequent study. Building upon previous findings, here we combine MUSE observations conducted within the GASP program and a general survey of the literature to robustly measure the AGN fraction in cluster's ram pressure stripped galaxies using BPT emission line diagrams. Considering a sample of 115 ram pressure stripped galaxies with stellar masses $\ge 10^9{M}_{\odot }$, we find an AGN fraction of $\sim 27\%$. This fraction strongly depends on stellar mass: it raises to 51% when only ram-pressure stripped galaxies of masses $M_{\ast }\ge 10^{10}{M}_{\odot }$ are considered. We then investigate whether the AGN incidence is in excess in ram pressure stripped galaxies compared to non-stripped galaxies, using as comparison a sample of non-cluster galaxies observed by the survey MaNGA. Considering mass-matched samples, we find that the incidence of AGN activity is significantly higher (at a confidence level $>99.95\%$) when ram-pressure stripping is on act, supporting the hypothesis of an AGN-ram pressure connection.

arXiv comment18 pages, 5 figures, table3 and table4 available in machine-readable format. Accepted for publication on ApJ on 03/11/2021

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