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螺旋星系NGC 6764中AGN反馈的钱德拉证据

Chandra evidence for AGN feedback in the spiral galaxy NGC 6764

J. H. Croston, M. J. Hardcastle, P. Kharb, R. P. Kraft, A. Hota

摘要:

本文报道了Chandra探测到活动星系核-星暴星系NGC 6764中kpc尺度射电泡的X射线辐射。X射线发射起源于热气体(kT ~ 0.75 keV),这些气体可能包含在射电泡中,也可能包含在环绕它们的热气体壳中。我们考虑了三种热气体起源的模型:(1)星暴驱动的星系风,(2)与膨胀的射电泡相关的冲击气体,(3)气体加热并被内部AGN流出的喷流/ISM相互作用带入气泡。我们排除了银河风的基础上,从已知的星系风系统的显着差异。最亮的X射线发射和塞弗特核内流的射电发射之间的紧密对应,以及X射线和射电光谱特征之间的相关性暗示了激波和粒子加速,这使我们倾向于第三种模型;然而,我们不能坚决排除气泡驱动大规模激波进入ISM星系的模型。在任一活动星系核驱动的加热方案中,储存在热气体中的总能量都很高,约为10^56尔格,与半人马座A等低功率射电星系的能量冲击相当,并将对星系及其周围环境产生巨大影响。

英文摘要:

We report the Chandra detection of X-ray emission spatially coincident with the kpc-scale radio bubbles in the nearby (D_L ~ 31 Mpc) AGN-starburst galaxy NGC 6764. The X-ray emission originates in hot gas (kT ~ 0.75 keV), which may either be contained within the radio bubbles, or in a shell of hot gas surrounding them. We consider three models for the origin of the hot gas: (1) a starburst-driven galactic wind, (2) shocked gas associated with the expanding radio bubbles, and (3) gas heated and entrained into the bubbles by jet/ISM interactions in the inner AGN outflow. We rule out a galactic wind based on significant differences from known galactic wind systems. The tight correspondence between the brightest X-ray emission and the radio emission in the inner outflow from the Seyfert nucleus, as well as a correlation between X-ray and radio spectral features suggestive of shocks and particle acceleration, lead us to favour the third model; however, we cannot firmly rule out a model in which the bubbles are driving large-scale shocks into the galaxy ISM. In either AGN-driven heating scenario, the total energy stored in the hot gas is high, ~10^56 ergs, comparable to the energetic impact of low-power radio galaxies such as Centaurus A, and will have a dramatic impact on the galaxy and its surroundings.

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