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射电星系2 Jy样本的光学形态:星系相互作用的证据

The optical morphologies of the 2Jy sample of radio galaxies: evidence for galaxy interactions

Cristina Ramos Almeida, Clive N. Tadhunter, K. J. Inskip, R. Morganti, J. Holt, D. Dicken

摘要:

我们给出了46个南2 Jy射电星系的中红移(0.05<z<0.7)的深GMOS-S/Gemini光学宽带图像。高质量的观测结果首次表明,绝大多数中等红移的PRG(78-85%)在相对高水平的表面亮度($μ$ v=23.6和Δ $μ$ v~[21,26] mag arcsec-2)下显示出其光学形态的特殊性,包括尾巴,风扇,桥,壳,尘埃带,不规则特征,无定形晕和多核。虽然许多星系的结果是一致的,他们被观察到的,或之后,在星系合并的核合并的时间,我们发现,超过1/3的样品中观察到合并的前合并阶段,或以下星系之间的密切接触。通过将样本分为弱线射电星系(WLRGs; 11个对象)和强线射电星系(SLRGs; 35个对象),我们发现只有27%的前者显示出明确的证据,在其光学形态的相互作用,相比之下,SLRGs,其中至少94%出现相互作用。这与许多WLRG由热气体的邦迪吸积提供燃料/触发的想法一致。在28%的样本中显示出显著的星爆活动证据,我们发现92%的样本呈现出扰动的形态,总体和SLRG样本的总体趋势相同。通过比较我们的PRG与各种样本的静止椭圆从文献中,我们得出结论,我们在这里发现的形态干扰的百分比超过了静止椭圆时,类似的表面亮度被认为是。总的来说,我们的研究表明,星系间的相互作用可能在触发活动星系核/喷流活动中发挥关键作用。

英文摘要:

We present deep GMOS-S/Gemini optical broad-band images for a complete sample of 46 southern 2Jy radio galaxies at intermediate redshifts (0.05<z<0.7). The high-quality observations show for the first time that the overall majority of PRGs at intermediate redshifts (78-85%) show peculiarities in their optical morphologies at relatively high levels of surface brightness ($μ$v=23.6 and Δ$μ$v~[21,26] mag arcsec-2) including tails, fans, bridges, shells, dust lanes, irregular features, amorphous haloes, and multiple nuclei. While the results for many of the galaxies are consistent with them being observed at, or after, the time of coalescence of the nuclei in a galaxy merger, we find that more than 1/3 of the sample are observed in a pre-coalescence phase of the merger, or following a close encounter between galaxies. By dividing the sample into Weak-Line Radio Galaxies (WLRGs; 11 objects) and Strong-Line Radio Galaxies (SLRGs; 35 objects) we find that only 27% of the former show clear evidence for interactions in their optical morphologies, in contrast to the SLRGs, of which at least 94% appear interacting. This is consistent with the idea that many WLRGs are fuelled/triggered by Bondi accretion of hot gas. Of the 28% of the sample that display evidence for significant starburst activity, we find that 92% present disturbed morphologies, following the same general trend as the total and SLRG samples. By comparing our PRGs with various samples of quiescent ellipticals from the literature, we conclude that the percentage of morphological disturbance that we find here exceeds that found for quiescent ellipticals when similar surface brightnesses are considered. Overall, our study indicates that galaxy interactions are likely to play a key role in the triggering of AGN/jet activity.

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