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从组合HST成像和VLT光谱理解类星体与其宿主星系之间的关系

Understanding the relations between QSOs and their host galaxies from combined HST imaging and VLT spectroscopy

Y. Letawe, P. Magain, G. Letawe, F. Courbin, D. Hutsemékers

摘要:

利用高分辨率的HST光学图像和空间分辨的VLT狭缝谱研究了六个邻近类星体的宿主星系。气体电离和速度被映射为到中心类星体的距离的函数。在大多数情况下,类星体对整个宿主星系的气体电离有显著的贡献,有时甚至在外部。反射或散射的类星体\ha线从遥远的地区的星系检测在几个实例。线位移表明,在所有情况下,负责光反射的物质远离类星体,可能是由于其辐射压力而加速。这两个最微弱的类星体呈螺旋状,有一些过去引力摄动的迹象。其中一个中等光度的类星体存在于一个巨大的椭圆形物体中,里面的气体被类星体辐射电离(并可能被推开)。另一个中等倍率的天体是在一个螺旋星系中发现的,该星系显示出复杂的速度结构,中央类星体相对于凸起部分移动,这可能是星系碰撞的结果。两个最强大的物体都参与了剧烈的引力相互作用,其中一个没有检测到宿主。这些结果表明:(1)大尺度现象,如星系碰撞,与类星体的触发和馈送密切相关;(2)类星体一旦被点燃,对其大尺度邻域(通常是整个宿主,有时更远)有显著的影响。

英文摘要:

The host galaxies of six nearby QSOs are studied on the basis of high resolution HST optical images and spatially resolved VLT slit spectra. The gas ionization and velocity are mapped as a function of the distance to the central QSO. In the majority of the cases, the QSO significantly contributes to the gas ionization in its whole host galaxy, and sometimes even outside. Reflection or scattering of the QSO \ha line from remote regions of the galaxy is detected in several instances. The line shifts show that, in all cases, the matter responsible for the light reflection moves away from the QSO, likely accelerated by its radiation pressure. The two faintest QSOs reside in spirals, with some signs of a past gravitational perturbation. One of the intermediate luminosity QSOs resides in a massive elliptical containing gas ionized (and probably pushed away) by the QSO radiation. The other medium-power object is found in a spiral galaxy displaying complex velocity structure, with the central QSO moving with respect to the bulge, probably as a result of a galactic collision. The two most powerful objects are involved in violent gravitational interactions and one of them has no detected host. These results suggest that (1) large-scale phenomena, such as galactic collisions, are closely related to the triggering and the feeding of the QSO and (2) once ignited, the QSO has significant influence on its large-scale neighborhood (often the whole host and sometimes further away).

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