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射电星系中的HI:即将到来的宽视场巡天的前景

HI in radio galaxies: prospects for upcoming wide-field surveys

Bjorn Emonts, Raffaella Morganti, Christian Struve

摘要:

我们目前正在进行的中性氢(HI)气体在附近的射电星系的大尺度特性的系统研究的结果。我们的主要目标是调查的重要性,丰富的气体星系合并和相互作用之间的射电响亮AGN。通过对经典低倍射电星系完整样本的HI研究,我们发现扩展的Fanaroff & Riley I型射电源的宿主星系一般都是HI贫乏的(<10 E8 Msun),并且没有显示出富气星系合并或正在进行的富气相互作用的迹象。相比之下,相当一部分低功率致密射电源的宿主星系包含巨大的HI气体盘/环(大小高达190 kpc,质量高达2 x 10 E10 M_sun)。这种HI质量与射电源大小的分离可能表明这些紧凑的射电源要么被大量的气体限制在中心区域,要么它们的燃料供应效率低下,并且与经典的FR-I射电源的燃料供应过程不同。一阶,我们的完整样本的整体HI属性(检测率,质量和形态)出现类似的无线电安静的早期型星系。如果得到更好的统计数据证实,这将意味着低功率射电活动星系核活动可能是一个短暂的阶段,发生在许多早期类型星系生命周期的某个时刻。我们将讨论如何即将到来的HI调查(例如,与ASKAP和Asiatif)是必不可少的研究在统计的方式之间的连接的存在和形态的无线电大声AGN和冷HI气体与其宿主星系的属性。

英文摘要:

We present results of an ongoing systematic study of the large-scale properties of neutral hydrogen (HI) gas in nearby radio galaxies. Our main goal is to investigate the importance of gas-rich galaxy mergers and interactions among radio-loud AGN. From an HI study of a complete sample of classical low-power radio galaxies we find that the host galaxies of extended Fanaroff & Riley type-I radio sources are generally HI poor (< 10E8 M_sun) and show no indications for gas-rich galaxy mergers or ongoing gas-rich interactions. In contrast, the host galaxies of a significant fraction of low-power compact radio sources contain enormous discs/rings of HI gas (with sizes up to 190 kpc and masses up to 2 x 10E10 M_sun). This segregation in HI mass with radio source size likely indicates that these compact radio sources are either confined by large amounts of gas in the central region, or that their fueling is inefficient and different from the fueling process of classical FR-I radio sources. To a first order, the overall HI properties of our complete sample (detection rate, mass and morphology) appear similar to those of radio-quiet early-type galaxies. If confirmed by better statistics, this would imply that low-power radio-AGN activity may be a short phase that occurs at some point during the lifetime of many early-type galaxies. We discuss how upcoming HI surveys (e.g. with ASKAP and Apertif) are essential for studying in a statistical way the the connection between the presence and morphology of a radio-loud AGN and the properties of the cold HI gas associated with its host galaxy.

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