Radio Galaxies in SIMBA: A MIGHTEE Comparison

Abstract

We present a qualitative comparison between the host and black hole properties of radio galaxies in the MeerKAT GigaHertz Tiered Extragalactic Exploration~(MIGHTEE) survey with the radio galaxy population in the SIMBA suite of cosmological hydrodynamical simulations. The MIGHTEE data includes a $\sim$1deg${}^2$ pointing of the COSMOS field observed at 1.28GHz with the MeerKAT radio telescope and cross-matched with multi-wavelength counterparts to provide classifications of high and low excitation radio galaxies (HERGs and LERGs) along with their corresponding host properties. We compare the properties of the MIGHTEE HERGs and LERGs with that predicted by the SIMBA simulations where HERGs and LERGs are defined as radio galaxies dominated by cold or hot mode accretion respectively. We consider stellar masses $M_{\ast }$, star formation rates SFR, AGN bolometric luminosity $L_{\mathrm{bol}}$, and Eddington fraction $f_{\mathrm{Edd}}$, as a function of 1.4GHz radio luminosity and redshift. In both MIGHTEE and SIMBA, the properties of HERGs and LERGs are similar across all properties apart from SFRs due to differences in host cold gas content in SIMBA. We predict a population of HERGs with low $f_{\mathrm{Edd}}$ in SIMBA that are confirmed in the MIGHTEE observations and tied to the faint population at low $z$. The predictions from SIMBA with the MIGHTEE observations describe a regime where our understanding of the radio galaxy dichotomy breaks down, challenging our understanding of the role of AGN accretion and feedback in the faint population of radio galaxies.

18 pages; Accepted for publication in MNRAS

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