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z=3.79时4C 60.07周围的100 kpc逆康普顿X射线晕

A 100-kpc inverse Compton X-ray halo around 4C60.07 at z=3.79

Ian Smail, B. D. Lehmer, R. J. Ivison, D. M. Alexander, R. G. Bower, J. A. Stevens, J. E. Geach, C. A. Scharf, K. E. K. Coppin, W. J. M. van Breugel, .

摘要:

我们分析了强大的射电星系,4C60.07在z=3.79的100-ks钱德拉观测。我们在射电星系周围约90千秒差距的区域内发现了Lx~10^45 erg/s的扩展X射线辐射。这个X射线晕的能量和它与星系射电辐射的形态相似性表明,它是由射电喷流中的相对论电子对宇宙微波背景光子和来自星系周围尘埃星暴的远红外光子的逆康普顿(IC)散射产生的。X射线发射的范围和形态与星系周围的Ly-alpha晕相似,这表明它可能正在电离这个晕。事实上,我们发现4C 60.07周围晕的GHz射电、X射线和Ly-alpha光度与4C 41.17(也是z=3.8)的相同,这意味着这三个组成部分由一个单一的物理过程联系在一起。这只是第二个z>3的高扩展IC辐射的例子,但它强调了IC辐射在最大质量星系形成中的潜在重要性。此外,我们还在射电星系30千秒差距内探测到两个X射线发光活动星系核。这两个伴星活动星系核意味着射电星系中的射电和星暴活动是通过在短时间尺度(~ 1亿年)内大质量祖先的多次合并而触发的。这些发现证明了灵敏的X射线观测可以在高红移的大质量星系的形成中产生丰富的信息。

英文摘要:

We analyse a 100-ks Chandra observation of the powerful radio galaxy, 4C60.07 at z=3.79. We identify extended X-ray emission with Lx~10^45 erg/s across a ~90-kpc region around the radio galaxy. The energetics of this X-ray halo and its morphological similarity to the radio emission from the galaxy suggest that it arises from inverse Compton (IC) scattering, by relativistic electrons in the radio jets, of Cosmic Microwave Background photons and potentially far-infrared photons from the dusty starbursts around this galaxy. The X-ray emission has a similar extent and morphology to the Ly-alpha halo around the galaxy, suggesting that it may be ionising this halo. Indeed we find that the GHz-radio and X-ray and Ly-alpha luminosities of the halo around 4C60.07 are identical to those of 4C41.17 (also at z=3.8) implying that these three components are linked by a single physical process. This is only the second example of highly-extended IC emission known at z>3, but it underlines the potential importance of IC emission in the formation of the most massive galaxies at high redshifts. In addition, we detect two X-ray luminous active galactic nuclei (AGN) within ~30kpc of the radio galaxy. These two companion AGN imply that the radio and starburst activity in the radio galaxy is triggered through multiple mergers of massive progenitors on a short timescale, ~100Myrs. These discoveries demonstrate the wealth of information which sensitive X-ray observations can yield into the formation of massive galaxies at high redshifts.

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