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z=4.12的分子爱因斯坦环:通过宇宙透镜成像类星体宿主星系的动力学

A Molecular Einstein Ring at z=4.12: Imaging the Dynamics of a Quasar Host Galaxy Through a Cosmic Lens

Dominik A. Riechers, Fabian Walter, Brendon J. Brewer, Christopher L. Carilli, Geraint F. Lewis, Frank Bertoldi, Pierre Cox

摘要:

本文介绍了高红移类星体PSS J2322+1944(z=4.12)宿主星系中分子气体的高分辨率(0.3”)甚大阵(VLA)成像。这些观测证实了类星体宿主星系中的分子气体(CO)被透镜化为一个完整的爱因斯坦环,并揭示了该系统中分子气体的内部动力学。该环的直径约为1.5”,因此我们的观测采样了约20个分辨率元素。通过基于模型的透镜反演,我们恢复了类星体宿主星系PSS J2322+1944中分子库的速度梯度。爱因斯坦环形透镜的配置使我们能够放大发射,并解决规模下降到~1千秒差距。从模型重建的源中,我们发现分子气体分布在5 kpc的尺度上,总质量为M(H2)=1.7 x 10^10 M_sun。对动力学质量的基本估计为M_dyn = 4.4 x 10^10(sin i)^-2 M_sun,也就是说,仅为分子气体质量的~2.5倍,黑洞质量的~30倍(假设动力学结构高度倾斜)。透镜的配置也让我们能够将光发射与分子气体发射联系起来,这表明活动星系核(AGN)确实存在于分子库的中心,但并不靠近分子库的中心。再加上CO的(至少部分)结构受到干扰,这表明系统正在相互作用。这样的相互作用,可能是由一个主要的“湿”合并,可能是负责喂养类星体和燃料的大规模恒星爆发的680 M太阳/年在这个系统中,在协议最近提出的类星体活动和星系组装在早期宇宙的情况。

英文摘要:

We present high-resolution (0.3") Very Large Array (VLA) imaging of the molecular gas in the host galaxy of the high redshift quasar PSS J2322+1944 (z=4.12). These observations confirm that the molecular gas (CO) in the host galaxy of this quasar is lensed into a full Einstein ring, and reveal the internal dynamics of the molecular gas in this system. The ring has a diameter of ~1.5", and thus is sampled over ~20 resolution elements by our observations. Through a model-based lens inversion, we recover the velocity gradient of the molecular reservoir in the quasar host galaxy of PSS J2322+1944. The Einstein ring lens configuration enables us to zoom in on the emission and to resolve scales down to ~1 kpc. From the model-reconstructed source, we find that the molecular gas is distributed on a scale of 5 kpc, and has a total mass of M(H2)=1.7 x 10^10 M_sun. A basic estimate of the dynamical mass gives M_dyn = 4.4 x 10^10 (sin i)^-2 M_sun, that is, only ~2.5 times the molecular gas mass, and ~30 times the black hole mass (assuming that the dynamical structure is highly inclined). The lens configuration also allows us to tie the optical emission to the molecular gas emission, which suggests that the active galactic nucleus (AGN) does reside within, but not close to the center of the molecular reservoir. Together with the (at least partially) disturbed structure of the CO, this suggests that the system is interacting. Such an interaction, possibly caused by a major `wet' merger, may be responsible for both feeding the quasar and fueling the massive starburst of 680 M_sun/yr in this system, in agreement with recently suggested scenarios of quasar activity and galaxy assembly in the early universe.

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