Revisiting the Properties of X-ray AGN in the SSA22 Protocluster: Normal SMBH and Host-Galaxy Growth for AGN in a $z=3.09$ Overdensity

Abstract

We analyze the physical properties of 8 X-ray selected active galactic nuclei (AGN) and one candidate protoquasar system (ADF22A1) in the $z=3.09$ SSA22 protocluster by fitting their X-ray-to-IR spectral energy distributions (SEDs) using our SED fitting code, Lightning. We recover star formation histories (SFH) for 7 of these systems which are well-fit by composite stellar population plus AGN models. We find indications that 4/9 of the SSA22 AGN systems we study have host galaxies below the main sequence, with $SFR/SF{\mathrm{R}}_{\mathrm{MS}}\le -0.4$. The remaining SSA22 systems, including ADF22A1, are consistent with obscured supermassive black hole (SMBH) growth in star forming galaxies. We estimate the SMBH accretion rates and masses, and compare the properties and SFH of the 9 protocluster AGN systems with X-ray detected AGN candidates in the Chandra Deep Fields (CDF), finding that the distributions of SMBH growth rates, star formation rates, SMBH masses, and stellar masses for the protocluster AGN are consistent with field AGN. We constrain the ratio between the sample-averaged SSA22 SMBH mass and CDF SMBH mass to $<1.41$. While the AGN are located near the density peaks of the protocluster, we find no statistically significant trends between the AGN or host galaxy properties and their location in the protocluster. We interpret the similarity of the protocluster and field AGN populations together with existing results as suggesting that the protocluster and field AGN co-evolve with their hosts in the same ways, while AGN-triggering events are more likely in the protocluster.

27 pages, 14 figures, 8 tables. Updated with published version

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