%0 Generic %1 kocevski2022ceers %A Kocevski, Dale D. %A Barro, Guillermo %A McGrath, Elizabeth J. %A Finkelstein, Steven L. %A Bagley, Micaela B. %A Ferguson, Henry C. %A Jogee, Shardha %A Yang, Guang %A Dickinson, Mark %A Hathi, Nimish P. %A Backhaus, Bren E. %A Bell, Eric F. %A Bisigello, Laura %A Buat, Véronique %A Burgarella, Denis %A Casey, Caitlin M. %A Cleri, Nikko J. %A Cooper, M. C. %A Costantin, Luca %A Croton, Darren %A Daddi, Emanuele %A Fontana, Adriano %A Fujimoto, Seiji %A Gardner, Jonathan P. %A Gawiser, Eric %A Giavalisco, Mauro %A Grazian, Andrea %A Grogin, Norman A. %A Guo, Yuchen %A Haro, Pablo Arrabal %A Hirschmann, Michaela %A Holwerda, Benne W. %A Huertas-Company, Marc %A Hutchison, Taylor A. %A Iyer, Kartheik G. %A Jones, Brenda %A Juneau, Stéphanie %A Kartaltepe, Jeyhan S. %A Kewley, Lisa J. %A Kirkpatrick, Allison %A Koekemoer, Anton M. %A Kurczynski, Peter %A Bail, Aurélien Le %A Long, Arianna S. %A Lotz, Jennifer M. %A Lucas, Ray A. %A Papovich, Casey %A Pentericci, Laura %A Pérez-González, Pablo G. %A Pirzkal, Nor %A Rafelski, Marc %A Ravindranath, Swara %A Somerville, Rachel S. %A Straughn, Amber N. %A Tacchella, Sandro %A Wilkins, Stephen M. %A Wuyts, Stijn %A Yung, L. Y. Aaron %A Zavala, Jorge A. %D 2022 %K library %T CEERS Key Paper III: The Resolved Host Properties of AGN at 3 < z < 5 with JWST %U http://arxiv.org/abs/2208.14480 %X We report on the host properties of five X-ray luminous Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) identified at $3 < z < 5$ in the first epoch of imaging from the Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science Survey (CEERS). Each galaxy has been imaged with the James Webb Space Telescope (\jwst) Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), which provides spatially resolved, rest-frame optical morphologies at these redshifts. We also derive stellar masses and star formation rates for each host galaxy by fitting its spectral energy distribution using a combination of galaxy and AGN templates. The AGN hosts have an average stellar mass of $log(M_*/M_ødot )= 11.0$, making them among the most massive galaxies detected at this redshift range in the current CEERS pointings, even after accounting for nuclear light from the AGN. We find that three of the AGN hosts have spheroidal morphologies, one is a bulge-dominated disk and one host is dominated by point-like emission. None are found to show strong morphological disturbances that might indicate a recent interaction or merger event. Notably, all four of the resolved hosts have rest-frame optical colors consistent with a quenched or post-starburst stellar population. The presence of AGN in passively evolving galaxies at $z>3$ is significant because a rapid feedback mechanism is required in most semi-analytic models and cosmological simulations to explain the growing population of massive quiescent galaxies observed at these redshifts. Our findings are in general agreement with this picture and show that AGN can continue to inject energy into these systems after their star formation is curtailed, possibly helping to maintain their quiescent state.

@misc{kocevski2022ceers, abstract = {We report on the host properties of five X-ray luminous Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) identified at $3 < z < 5$ in the first epoch of imaging from the Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science Survey (CEERS). Each galaxy has been imaged with the \textit{James Webb Space Telescope} (\jwst) Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), which provides spatially resolved, rest-frame optical morphologies at these redshifts. We also derive stellar masses and star formation rates for each host galaxy by fitting its spectral energy distribution using a combination of galaxy and AGN templates. The AGN hosts have an average stellar mass of ${\rm log}(M_{*}/{\rm M_{\odot}} )= 11.0$, making them among the most massive galaxies detected at this redshift range in the current CEERS pointings, even after accounting for nuclear light from the AGN. We find that three of the AGN hosts have spheroidal morphologies, one is a bulge-dominated disk and one host is dominated by point-like emission. None are found to show strong morphological disturbances that might indicate a recent interaction or merger event. Notably, all four of the resolved hosts have rest-frame optical colors consistent with a quenched or post-starburst stellar population. The presence of AGN in passively evolving galaxies at $z>3$ is significant because a rapid feedback mechanism is required in most semi-analytic models and cosmological simulations to explain the growing population of massive quiescent galaxies observed at these redshifts. Our findings are in general agreement with this picture and show that AGN can continue to inject energy into these systems after their star formation is curtailed, possibly helping to maintain their quiescent state.}, added-at = {2022-09-01T08:17:04.000+0200}, author = {Kocevski, Dale D. and Barro, Guillermo and McGrath, Elizabeth J. and Finkelstein, Steven L. and Bagley, Micaela B. and Ferguson, Henry C. and Jogee, Shardha and Yang, Guang and Dickinson, Mark and Hathi, Nimish P. and Backhaus, Bren E. and Bell, Eric F. and Bisigello, Laura and Buat, Véronique and Burgarella, Denis and Casey, Caitlin M. and Cleri, Nikko J. and Cooper, M. C. and Costantin, Luca and Croton, Darren and Daddi, Emanuele and Fontana, Adriano and Fujimoto, Seiji and Gardner, Jonathan P. and Gawiser, Eric and Giavalisco, Mauro and Grazian, Andrea and Grogin, Norman A. and Guo, Yuchen and Haro, Pablo Arrabal and Hirschmann, Michaela and Holwerda, Benne W. and Huertas-Company, Marc and Hutchison, Taylor A. and Iyer, Kartheik G. and Jones, Brenda and Juneau, Stéphanie and Kartaltepe, Jeyhan S. and Kewley, Lisa J. and Kirkpatrick, Allison and Koekemoer, Anton M. and Kurczynski, Peter and Bail, Aurélien Le and Long, Arianna S. and Lotz, Jennifer M. and Lucas, Ray A. and Papovich, Casey and Pentericci, Laura and Pérez-González, Pablo G. and Pirzkal, Nor and Rafelski, Marc and Ravindranath, Swara and Somerville, Rachel S. and Straughn, Amber N. and Tacchella, Sandro and Wilkins, Stephen M. and Wuyts, Stijn and Yung, L. Y. Aaron and Zavala, Jorge A.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2a8a5a7522047fe9d2b90adb36f926791/gpkulkarni}, description = {CEERS Key Paper III: The Resolved Host Properties of AGN at 3 < z < 5 with JWST}, interhash = {39f2a72e6c82abfd4f6e7b3b60964df2}, intrahash = {a8a5a7522047fe9d2b90adb36f926791}, keywords = {library}, note = {cite arxiv:2208.14480Comment: Submitted to ApJ; 12 Pages, 6 Figures}, timestamp = {2022-09-01T08:17:04.000+0200}, title = {CEERS Key Paper III: The Resolved Host Properties of AGN at 3 < z < 5 with JWST}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/2208.14480}, year = 2022 }