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PKS1932-46:在一个相互作用的组中的一个无线电源?

PKS1932-46: a radio source in an interacting group?

K. J. Inskip, C. N. Tadhunter, D. Dicken, J. Holt, M. Villar-Martin, R. Morganti

摘要:

本文介绍了z=0.23的射电源PKS 1932 -46的多波长研究结果。VIMOS IFU光谱学用于研究EELR围绕该源的形态学,运动学和电离状态,以及具有类似红移的伴星系。使用NTT和SPITZER获得的近红外和远红外成像观测被用来分析基本的星系形态和活动星系核的性质。宿主星系被确定为一个~M* 椭圆星系。结合斯皮策中红外与X射线,光学和近红外成像观测这个源,我们得出结论,它的活动星系核是欠亮的这种类型的无线电源,尽管它的状态作为BLRG。然而,鉴于其相对较大的[OIII]光度,活动星系核在最近的过去(<10^4年前)可能要明亮得多。EELR是非常广泛和复杂的,让人想起在更高的红移/射电功率的源周围观察到的系统,气体主要是由AGN光电离和年轻恒星发射的混合物电离的。我们确认存在一系列的恒星形成的结延伸N-S从主星系,与更多的惊人的恒星形成发生在合并的同伴星系东北,它有足够的亮度在中到远红外波长被归类为LIRG。对我们的观测结果最合理的解释是,PKS 1932 -46是一个相互作用的星系群的成员,而令人印象深刻的EELR则是由恒星形成的潮汐碎片组成的。我们认为,活动星系核本身目前可能是由与当前的相互作用,或与以前的合并事件相关的材料。令人惊讶的是,它是伴星,而不是射电源宿主星系,它正在经历大部分的恒星形成活动。

英文摘要:

We present the results of a multiwavelength study of the z=0.23 radio source PKS1932-46. VIMOS IFU spectroscopy is used to study the morphology, kinematics and ionisation state of the EELR surrounding this source, and also a companion galaxy at a similar redshift. Near- and far-IR imaging observations obtained using the NTT and SPITZER are used to analyse the underlying galaxy morphologies and the nature of the AGN. The host galaxy is identified as an ~M* elliptical. Combining Spitzer mid-IR with X-ray, optical and near-IR imaging observations of this source, we conclude that its AGN is underluminous for a radio source of this type, despite its status as a BLRG. However, given its relatively large [OIII] luminosity it is likely that the AGN was substantially more luminous in the recent past (<10^4 years ago). The EELR is remarkably extensive and complex, reminiscent of the systems observed around sources at higher redshifts/radio powers, and the gas is predominantly ionised by a mixture of AGN photoionisation and emission from young stars. We confirm the presence of a series of star-forming knots extending N-S from the host galaxy, with more prodigious star formation occuring in the merging companion galaxy to the northeast, which has sufficient luminosity at mid- to far-IR wavelengths to be classified as a LIRG. The most plausible explanation of our observations is that PKS1932-46 is a member of an interacting galaxy group, and that the impressive EELR is populated by star-forming, tidal debris. We suggest that the AGN itself may currently be fuelled by material associated either with the current interaction, or with a previous merger event. Surprisingly, it is the companion object, rather than the radio source host galaxy, which is undergoing the bulk of the star formation activity within the group.

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