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当星系碰撞时:了解宽吸收线射电星系4C +72.26

When galaxies collide: understanding the broad absorption-line radio galaxy 4C +72.26

D. J. B. Smith, C. Simpson, A. M. Swinbank, S. Rawlings, M. J. Jarvis

摘要:

我们提出了一系列新的观测“宽吸收线射电星系”4C +72.26(z = 3.5),包括敏感的休息帧紫外积分场光谱使用双子座/GMOS-N仪器和斯巴鲁/思科K波段成像和光谱。我们发现,4C +72.26是一个由两个恒星形成活跃的星系组成的系统,它们沿着视线叠加,速度相隔约1300 +/- 200 km/s,每个星系都有光谱分辨的吸收线。最活跃的恒星形成星系也拥有吸积的超大质量黑洞,为扩展的射电源提供动力。我们的结论是,恒星的形成是不太可能引起的冲击所造成的无线电喷流的通道,而不是提出碰撞是一个更可能的触发恒星的形成。尽管有大质量的恒星爆发,紫外-中红外光谱能量分布表明,先前存在的恒星星族包括约10^12兆太阳质量的恒星,而目前的爆发只贡献了约2%,这表明4C +72.26已经聚集了其大部分最终恒星质量。

英文摘要:

We present a range of new observations of the "broad absorption line radio galaxy" 4C +72.26 (z = 3.5), including sensitive rest-frame ultraviolet integral field spectroscopy using the Gemini/GMOS-N instrument and Subaru/CISCO K-band imaging and spectroscopy. We show that 4C +72.26 is a system of two vigorously star-forming galaxies superimposed along the line of sight separated by ~1300 +/- 200 km/s in velocity, with each demonstrating spectroscopically resolved absorption lines. The most active star-forming galaxy also hosts the accreting supermassive black hole which powers the extended radio source. We conclude that the star formation is unlikely to have been induced by a shock caused by the passage of the radio jet, and instead propose that a collision is a more probable trigger for the star formation. Despite the massive starburst, the UV-mid-infrared spectral energy distribution suggests that the pre-existing stellar population comprises ~10^12 Msolar of stellar mass, with the current burst only contributing a further ~2%, suggesting that 4C +72.26 has already assembled most of its final stellar mass.

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