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PKS 1814-637:盘状星系中的一个强射电大声AGN

PKS 1814-637: a powerful radio-loud AGN in a disk galaxy

R. Morganti, J. Holt, C. Tadhunter, C. Ramos Almeida, D. Dicken, K. Inskip, T. Oosterloo, T. Tzioumis

摘要:

我们对PKS 1814 -637进行了详细的研究,PKS 1814 -637是一个罕见的盘状星系中的强射电源(P_5 GHz = 4.1 × 10^25 W/Hz)。光学图像已经被用来模拟宿主星系的形态,确认它是由一个强大的(和扭曲)的磁盘组件,观察到接近edge-on.在无线电波长,PKS 1814 -637的直径约为480 pc,它被归类为一个紧凑的陡谱源,这样的源通常被认为是在其演化的早期阶段观察到的射电源。然而,PKS 1814 -637的光学和中红外光谱特征与Seyfert星系比与射电星系更相似,H_2和PAH的发射特征以及HI和硅酸盐的吸收特征,为丰富的ISM提供了证据,可能与宿主星系的盘形态有关。在这个和类似的物体中,射电等离子体和丰富的ISM之间的相互作用可能增强了它们的射电发射,使它们更容易进入射电源的通量有限样本。在这种情况下,PKS 1814 -637代表了一种“冒名顶替者”:一种本质上低功率的物体,由于喷流功率异常有效地转换为无线电发射而被选入无线电通量有限的样本中。这将使PKS 1814 -637成为包含丰富ISM的星系中喷流-云相互作用效应的极端例子,也许是射电星系和射电响亮的塞弗特星系之间缺失的一环。然而,PKS 1814 -637中的喷流可能本质上比典型的塞弗特星系更强大。估计的BH质量确实高于本地宇宙中的大多数塞弗特星系。我们推测,类似于PKS 1814 -637的来源可能在高红移时更常见。

英文摘要:

We present a detailed study of PKS1814-637, a rare case of powerful radio source (P_5 GHz = 4.1 x 10^25 W/Hz) hosted by a disk galaxy. Optical images have been used to model the host galaxy morphology confirming it to be dominated by a strong (and warped) disk component that is observed close to edge-on. At radio wavelengths, PKS1814-637 is about 480 pc in diameter and it is classified as a compact steep spectrum source; such sources are usually considered to be radio sources observed in the early stages of their evolution. However, the optical and mid-IR spectroscopic properties of PKS1814-637 show more in common with Seyfert galaxies than they do with radio galaxies, with the detection of H_2, and PAH emission features, along with HI and silicate absorption features, providing evidence for a rich ISM, likely related to the disk morphology of the host galaxy. The interaction between the radio plasma and the rich ISM in this and similar objects may have boosted their radio emission, allowing them to more easily enter flux limited samples of radio sources. In this case, PKS1814-637 represents a type of "imposter": an intrinsically low power object that is selected in a radio flux limited sample because of the unusually efficient conversion of jet power into radio emission. This would make PKS1814-637 an extreme example of the effects of jet-cloud interactions in galaxies containing a rich ISM, and perhaps a missing link between radio galaxies and radio-loud Seyfert galaxies. However, it is probable that the jet in PKS1814-637 is also intrinsically more powerful than in typical Seyfert galaxies. The estimated BH mass is indeed higher than the majority of Seyfert galaxies in the local Universe. We speculate that sources similar to PKS1814-637 are likely to be more common at high redshifts.

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