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在NGC 5044组中使用小射电静泡进行各向同性AGN加热

Isotropic AGN Heating with Small Radio Quiet Bubbles in the NGC 5044 Group

L. David, C. Jones, S. Giacintucci, W. Forman, P. Nulsen, J. Vrtilek, E. O'Sullivan, S. Raychaudhury

摘要:

钱德拉天文台对X射线明亮星系群NGC 5044的观测表明,最近来自活动星系核中心的爆发以及中心主导星系相对于星系群气体的运动强烈扰动了X射线发射气体。NGC 5044星系群拥有许多小型的射电宁静腔,它们具有近乎各向同性的分布、冷灯丝、半圆形冷锋和双臂螺旋形的冷气体特征。NGC5044在610 MHz的GMRT观测表明存在着“环形”形态的扩展射电辐射。最大的X射线细丝似乎穿过射电环面,这表明细丝内的低熵气体是从集团中心升起的物质。在235 MHz的无线电发射比在610 MHz的发射更广泛,两个频率之间几乎没有重叠。235 MHz辐射的一个分量穿过最大的X射线腔,然后在冷锋后面偏转。在冷锋之外的235 MHz处也检测到第二个分离的无线电波瓣。在NGC5044中心的所有较小的X射线空洞在GMRT观测中都没有被发现。由于较小的气泡可能不再是由中心活动星系核驱动的动量,它们的运动将受到群体“天气”的影响,因为它们会被迫向外上升。因此,小气泡内的大部分焓可能会沉积在群中心附近,并被群天气各向同性化。较小的无线电静腔的总机械功率为$P_c = 9.2 \times 10^{41}$ erg s $^{-1}$,这足以抑制中心10千秒差距内总辐射冷却的大约一半。这与该区域内H $α$发射的存在一致,这表明至少一些气体能够冷却。

英文摘要:

(abridged) A Chandra observation of the X-ray bright group NGC 5044 shows that the X-ray emitting gas has been strongly perturbed by recent outbursts from the central AGN and also by motion of the central dominant galaxy relative to the group gas. The NGC 5044 group hosts many small radio quiet cavities with a nearly isotropic distribution, cool filaments, a semi-circular cold front and a two-armed spiral shaped feature of cool gas. A GMRT observation of NGC 5044 at 610 MHz shows the presence of extended radio emission with a "torus-shaped" morphology. The largest X-ray filament appears to thread the radio torus, suggesting that the lower entropy gas within the filament is material being uplifted from the center of the group. The radio emission at 235 MHz is much more extended than the emission at 610 MHz, with little overlap between the two frequencies. One component of the 235 MHz emission passes through the largest X-ray cavity and is then deflected just behind the cold front. A second detached radio lobe is also detected at 235 MHz beyond the cold front. All of the smaller X-ray cavities in the center of NGC 5044 are undetected in the GMRT observations. Since the smaller bubbles are probably no longer momentum driven by the central AGN, their motion will be affected by the group "weather" as they buoyantly rise outward. Hence, most of the enthalpy within the smaller bubbles will likely be deposited near the group center and isotropized by the group weather. The total mechanical power of the smaller radio quiet cavities is $P_c = 9.2 \times 10^{41}$erg s$^{-1}$ which is sufficient to suppress about one-half of the total radiative cooling within the central 10 kpc. This is consistent with the presence of H$α$ emission within this region which shows that at least some of the gas is able to cool.

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