# Possible Evidence of the Radio AGN Quenching of Neighboring Galaxies at z $\sim$ 1

## TL;DR

This study provides evidence that radio-loud active galactic nuclei (RAGN) at z~1 can quench star formation in neighboring galaxies, especially in dense environments, likely through heating the intracluster medium and negative feedback mechanisms.

## Contribution

It demonstrates a correlation between RAGN activity and increased quenching of nearby galaxies in dense environments, highlighting a potential feedback process at high redshift.

## Key findings

- Higher quenched fraction of neighboring galaxies near RAGN in dense environments.
- Radio power of RAGN correlates with local overdensity.
- Lower mass neighbors are more affected by RAGN feedback.

## Abstract

Using 57 Radio Active Galactic nuclei (RAGN) at 0.55 $\leq$ z $\leq$ 1.3 drawn from five fields of the Observations of Redshift Evolution in Large Scale Environments (ORELSE) survey, we study the effect of injection of energy from outbursts of RAGN on their spectroscopically-confirmed neighboring galaxies (SNGs). We observe an elevated fraction of quenched neighbors (fq) within 500 kpc projected radius of RAGN in the most dense local environments compared to those of non-RAGN control samples matched to the RAGN population in colour, stellar mass, and local environment at 2$\sigma$ significance. Further analyses show that there are offsets at similar significance between fqs of RAGN-SNGs and the appropriate control samples for galaxies specifically in cluster environments and those hosted by most massive cluster galaxies, which tentatively suggests that some negative feedback from the RAGN is occurring in these dense environments. In addition, we find that the median radio power of RAGN increases with increasing local overdensity, an effect which may lend itself to the quenching of neighboring galaxies. Furthermore, we find that, in the highest local overdensities, the fq of the sub-sample of lower stellar mass RAGN-SNGs is larger than that of the higher stellar mass RAGN-SNGs sub-sample, which indicates a more pronounced effect from RAGN on lower stellar mass galaxies. We propose a scenario in which RAGN residing within clusters might heat the intracluster medium (ICM) affecting both in situ star formation and any inflowing gas that remains in their neighboring galaxies.