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来自银河系群中多个爆发的ICM特征NGC 5813:AGN反馈窗口

ICM Signatures from Multiple Outbursts in the Galaxy Group NGC 5813: A Window to AGN Feedback

S. W. Randall, W. R. Forman, S. Giacintucci, P. Nulsen, M. Sun, C. Jones, E. Churazov, L. David, R. Kraft, M. Donahue, E. Blanton, A. Simionescu, N. Werner

摘要:

我们目前的结果从钱德拉观测NGC 5813,占主导地位的中央星系在附近的星系群。我们关注三个主要结果。1)扩散的气体显示出清晰的特征,来自三个不同的中央活动星系核的爆发,有三对大致共线的空腔。内部的两个空腔对与明确的椭圆形激波阵面相关联,内部和外部激波的马赫数分别为马赫数M~1.7和M~1.5。2)最近两次爆发的平均能量相差6倍,这表明平均喷流能量在长时间尺度(约10^7年)上变化。3)来自激波的加热足以平衡至少在中心10 kpc内的气体的辐射冷却,允许反馈在小半径处各向同性地操作。

英文摘要:

We present results from Chandra observations of NGC 5813, the dominant central galaxy in a nearby galaxy group. We focus on three main results. 1) The diffuse gas shows clear signatures from three distinct outbursts of the central AGN, with three pairs of roughly collinear cavities. The inner two cavity pairs are associated with unambiguous elliptical shock fronts, with Mach numbers M~1.7 and M~1.5 for the inner and outer shocks, respectively. 2) The mean power of the two most recent outbursts differs by a factor of six, indicating that the mean jet power varies over long (~10^7 yr) time scales. 3) The heating from the shocks alone is sufficient to balance radiative cooling of the gas within at least the central 10 kpc, allowing feedback to operate isotropically at small radii.

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