Active Galactic Nuclei in the Green Valley at z$\sim$0.7

Abstract

We present NIR spectroscopy using MMT/MMIRS for a sample of twenty-nine massive galaxies ($\log {\mathrm{M}}_{\ast }/{\mathrm{M}}_{\odot }\gtrsim 10$) at $\mathrm{z}\sim 0.7$ with optical spectroscopy from the LEGA-C survey. Having both optical and NIR spectroscopy at this redshift allows us to measure the full suite of rest-optical strong emission lines, enabling the study of ionization sources and the rest-optical selection of active galactic nuclei (AGN), as well as the measurement of dust-corrected $\mathrm{H}\alpha$-based SFRs. We find that eleven out of twenty-nine galaxies host AGN. We infer the nonparametric star formation histories with the SED fitting code \texttt{Prospector} and classify galaxies as star-forming, green valley, or quiescent based on their most recent sSFRs. We explore the connection between AGN activity and suppressed star formation and find that $89\pm 15\%$ of galaxies in the green valley or below host AGN, while only $15\%\pm 8\%$ of galaxies above the green valley host AGN. We construct the star-forming main sequence (SFMS) and find that the AGN host galaxies are 0.37 dex below the SFMS while galaxies without detectable AGN are consistent with being on the SFMS. However, when compared to a bootstrapped mass-matched sample, the SFRs of our sample of AGN host galaxies are consistent with the full LEGA-C sample. Based on this mass-matched analysis, we cannot rule out that this suppression of star formation is driven by other processes associated with the higher mass of the AGN sample. We therefore cannot link the presence of AGN activity to the quenching of star formation.

23 pages, 6 figures, 3 tables. Accepted for publication in ApJ

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