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冷气和合并:不同类型射电星系HI性质的根本差异?

Cold gas & mergers: fundamental difference in HI properties of different types of radio galaxies?

Bjorn Emonts, Raffaella Morganti, Tom Oosterloo, Jacqueline van Gorkom

摘要:

我们目前的研究结果的大规模中性氢(HI)气体在附近的射电星系。我们发现,早期类型的不同类型的射电源(紧凑,FR-I和FR-II)的宿主星系似乎包含根本不同的大尺度HI属性:巨大的规则旋转盘和环周围的宿主星系的一个显着的低功率紧凑的射电源的一部分,而没有大尺度HI检测到低功率,边缘变暗的FR-I射电星系。对附近强大的边缘增亮的FR-II射电星系的初步研究结果表明,这些系统通常包含大量的大规模HI,通常分布在尾巴或桥状结构中,表明最近的星系合并或碰撞。我们的研究结果表明,不同类型的射电星系可能有不同的形成历史,这可能与射电源的触发机制的差异有关。如果通过下一代射电望远镜的大型研究得到证实,这将与以前的光学研究一致,这些研究表明,强大的FR-II射电源可能是由星系合并和碰撞触发的,而较低功率的FR-I源则以其他方式(例如通过热IGM的吸积)馈送。与某些致密源相关的巨大HI盘/环可能--至少在某些情况下--是更高级合并的遗迹。

英文摘要:

We present results of a study of large-scale neutral hydrogen (HI) gas in nearby radio galaxies. We find that the early-type host galaxies of different types of radio sources (compact, FR-I and FR-II) appear to contain fundamentally different large-scale HI properties: enormous regular rotating disks and rings are present around the host galaxies of a significant fraction of low power compact radio sources, while no large-scale HI is detected in low power, edge-darkened FR-I radio galaxies. Preliminary results of a study of nearby powerful, edge-brightened FR-II radio galaxies show that these systems generally contain significant amounts of large-scale HI, often distributed in tail- or bridge-like structures, indicative of a recent galaxy merger or collision. Our results suggest that different types of radio galaxies may have a different formation history, which could be related to a difference in the triggering mechanism of the radio source. If confirmed by larger studies with the next generation radio telescopes, this would be in agreement with previous optical studies that suggest that powerful FR-II radio sources are likely triggered by galaxy mergers and collisions, while the lower power FR-I sources are fed in other ways (e.g. through the accretion of hot IGM). The giant HI disks/rings associated with some compact sources could - at least in some cases - be the relics of much more advanced mergers.

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