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候选双星黑洞4C37.11(B2 0402+379)的宽HI吸收

Broad HI absorption in the candidate binary black-hole 4C37.11 (B2 0402+379)

Raffaella Morganti, Bjorn Emonts, Tom Oosterloo

摘要:

我们报道了Westerbork综合射电望远镜在射电源4C37.11(B2 0402+379)中探测到的极宽的21 cm HI吸收(FWZI ~1600 km/s)。这个天体被认为是一个超大质量双星黑洞的宿主(Rodriguez et al. 2006)。吸收剖面的主要特征是两个分量,相隔约1100 km/s。4C37.11中的HI吸收是不寻常的,因为它是第一个发现这种广泛吸收集中在宿主星系的系统速度上的情况,而不是像所有其他具有广泛HI吸收的星系那样不对称和蓝移。考虑到吸收的大宽度,我们认为HI吸收的极端性质的一个可能的解释是,它是一个二元黑洞的运动学特征。如果这种解释是正确的,那么从吸收曲线得出的组合黑洞质量与从球体的光度得出的质量是一致的。如果宽吸收确实是由于一个双黑洞,这一发现证实了气体成分在超大质量黑洞合并过程中的重要性。

英文摘要:

We report the discovery of extremely broad 21-cm HI absorption (FWZI ~1600 km/s) detected with the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope in the radio source 4C37.11 (B2 0402+379). This object has been claimed to host a super-massive binary black hole (Rodriguez et al. 2006). The main features in the absorption profile are two components, separated by ~1100 km/s. The HI absorption in 4C37.11 is unusual because it is the first case where such broad absorption is found to be centred on the systemic velocity of the host galaxy and not asymmetric and blueshifted as is seen in all other galaxies with broad HI absorption. Given the large width of the absorption, we suggest that a possible explanation for the extreme properties of the HI absorption is that it is the kinematic signature of a binary black hole. If this interpretation is correct, the combined black hole mass derived from the absorption profile is consistent with that derived from the luminosity of the spheroid. If the broad absorption is indeed due to a binary black hole, this finding confirms the importance of the gaseous component in the merging process of supermassive black holes.

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