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3C 326射电星系中的激波氢分子

Shocked Molecular Hydrogen in the 3C 326 Radio Galaxy System

Patrick Ogle, Robert Antonucci, P. N. Appleton, David Whysong

摘要:

巨大FR II射电星系3C 326的斯皮策光谱由微弱红外连续谱上非常强的分子氢发射线主导。H2辐射源来自与3C 326相关的双星系系统的北部。在H2纯转动谱线上的积分亮度为8.0E41 erg/s,相当于该星系8-70微米光度的17%。从H2 0-0 S(0)-S(7)跃迁测量到宽范围的温度(125-1000 K),导致1.1E9 Msun的热H2质量。低激发离子禁发射线是一致的光学LINER分类的活性核,这是不够明亮的动力所观察到的H2发射。H2可能被无线电喷流冲击加热,但没有直接的迹象表明这一点。更有可能的是,H2是在与南部伴星系相互作用引起的潮汐吸积流中被激波加热的。后一种情况是支持不规则的形态,潮汐桥,和可能的潮汐尾巴成像与IRAC在3-9微米。与ULIRGs不同,在某些情况下,它们的H2线亮度相当,3C 326的恒星形成活动很小(约0.1 Msun/yr)。这可能代表了星系演化的一个重要阶段。星暴活动和对中心超大质量黑洞的有效吸积可能会延迟,直到激波加热的H2可以在运动学上稳定下来并冷却下来

英文摘要:

The Spitzer spectrum of the giant FR II radio galaxy 3C 326 is dominated by very strong molecular hydrogen emission lines on a faint IR continuum. The H2 emission originates in the northern component of a double-galaxy system associated with 3C 326. The integrated luminosity in H2 pure-rotational lines is 8.0E41 erg/s, which corresponds to 17% of the 8-70 micron luminosity of the galaxy. A wide range of temperatures (125-1000 K) is measured from the H2 0-0 S(0)-S(7) transitions, leading to a warm H2 mass of 1.1E9 Msun. Low-excitation ionic forbidden emission lines are consistent with an optical LINER classification for the active nucleus, which is not luminous enough to power the observed H2 emission. The H2 could be shock-heated by the radio jets, but there is no direct indication of this. More likely, the H2 is shock-heated in a tidal accretion flow induced by interaction with the southern companion galaxy. The latter scenario is supported by an irregular morphology, tidal bridge, and possible tidal tail imaged with IRAC at 3-9 micron. Unlike ULIRGs, which in some cases exhibit H2 line luminosities of comparable strength, 3C 326 shows little star-formation activity (~0.1 Msun/yr). This may represent an important stage in galaxy evolution. Starburst activity and efficient accretion onto the central supermassive black hole may be delayed until the shock-heated H2 can kinematically settle and cool

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