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关于z=0 X射线吸收体的性质:II。本星系和AGN宿主星系吸收的对比

On the nature of the z=0 X-ray absorbers: II. The contrast between local and AGN host galaxy absorption

Rik J. Williams, Smita Mathur, Fabrizio Nicastro

摘要:

我们用Chandra低能透射光栅摄谱仪在三个活动星系核的主星系附近寻找高电离气体。在z=0处可以看到这种气体的强吸收线,最有可能来自以下一个或多个组成部分:(1)银河日冕,(2)本星系群介质,(3)穿过我们的局部过密度的延伸的温暖-热星系际介质(WHIM)细丝。由于活动星系核存在于宿主星系中,而宿主星系也被认为位于宇宙过密区域内,因此这三种成分产生的类似吸收也应该出现在活动星系核的红移处。然而,没有看到这种吸收。缺乏强吸收线可能是因为这些宿主星系和周围星系团中的气体比本星系群+星系系统中的气体热得多,因此电离程度更高。我们的结论是WHIM细丝产生没有可测量的吸收线在AGN的红移,因此,最多只占所观察到的z=0温暖的热气体的一小部分。

英文摘要:

We search for highly-ionized gas near three AGN host galaxies using the Chandra low-energy transmission grating spectrograph. Strong absorption lines from such gas are seen at z=0, most likely from one or more of the following components: (1) a Galactic corona, (2) the Local Group medium, and (3) an extended warm-hot intergalactic medium (WHIM) filament passing through our local overdensity. Since AGNs reside within host galaxies that are also expected to sit within cosmically overdense regions, similar absorption resulting from these three components should appear at the AGN redshifts as well. However, no such absorption is seen. The lack of strong absorption lines is likely a result of the gas in these host galaxies and surrounding galaxy clusters being much hotter, and hence more highly ionized, than the gas in the Local Group+Galaxy system. We conclude that WHIM filaments produce no measurable absorption lines at the AGN redshifts, and therefore contribute at most a small fraction of the observed z=0 warm-hot gas.

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