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正如JVLA、IRAM、PdBI和Herschel所揭示的那样,富气体的合并和反馈在恒星爆发的射电星系中无处不在

Gas-rich mergers and feedback are ubiqitous amongst starbursting radio galaxies, as revealed by JVLA, IRAM PdBI and Herschel

R. J. Ivison, Ian Smail, A. Amblard, V. Arumugam, C. De Breuck, B. H. C. Emonts, I. Feain, T. R. Greve, M. Haas, E. Ibar, M. J. Jarvis, A. Kovaks, M. D. Lehnert… 展开作者

R. J. Ivison, Ian Smail, A. Amblard, V. Arumugam, C. De Breuck, B. H. C. Emonts, I. Feain, T. R. Greve, M. Haas, E. Ibar, M. J. Jarvis, A. Kovaks, M. D. Lehnert, N. P. H. Nesvadba, H. J. A. Rottgering, N. Seymour, D. Wylezalek

摘要:

本文报道了两个z ~ 3-3.5的前红外发光射电星系6C 1909 +72和B3 J2330 +3927的新的、灵敏的观测结果,它们是用Karl Jansky VLA在12 CO J=1-0和用Herschel在100- 500 μ m波段观测到的,同时还报道了IRAM PdBI的新的和存档的12 CO J=4-3观测结果。我们引入了一个新的颜色-颜色诊断图来约束我们目标场中几个遥远的尘埃星系的红移。6C 1909 +72附近的一个明亮的SMG可能与活动星系核共享相同的节点或暗条,但在CO中没有检测到它,尽管它的速度约为20,000 km/s。同样在6C 1909 +72场中,一个跨越约500 kpc的大型红色尘埃特征与射电喷流对齐。我们提出了几个过程,其中富含金属的材料可能已被运输,有利于准直外流让人想起射流导向的金属富集在当地集群环境。我们的干涉成像揭示了B3 J2330 +3927的一个富含气体的伴星;实际上,除了八个z >~ 2的射电星系中的一个之外,在CO中检测到的(或同伴)提供了一些证据,表明在高红移的射电大声AGN中的星暴活动是由两个或更多个富含气体的系统的相互作用驱动的,其中已经形成了大量的恒星,而不是通过宇宙网中的冷气体的稳定吸积。我们发现,在射电大声活动星系核宿主星系的CO Tb比显着高于那些看到同样激烈的恒星爆发活动星系核活动不太明显。我们最极端的例子,其中L '(CO 4 -3)/L'(CO 1 -0)> 2.7,提供了证据表明,大量的能量通过X射线和/或机械辐射迅速沉积到分子气体中。(“类星体模式”)来自活动星系核的反馈,导致全球高度的湍流和12 CO中的低光学深度。反馈可能导致恒星形成的停止,其时间尺度与喷流活动相当,<~ 1000万年。

英文摘要:

We report new, sensitive observations of two z ~ 3-3.5 FIR-luminous radio galaxies, 6C1909+72 and B3J2330+3927, in 12CO J=1-0 with the Karl Jansky VLA and at 100-500um using Herschel, alongside new and archival 12CO J=4-3 observations from IRAM PdBI. We introduce a new colour-colour diagnostic plot to constrain the redshifts of several distant, dusty galaxies in our target fields. A bright SMG near 6C1909+72 likely shares the same node or filament as the signpost AGN, but it is not detected in CO despite ~20,000 km/s of velocity coverage. Also in the 6C1909+72 field, a large, red dust feature spanning ~500 kpc is aligned with the radio jet. We suggest several processes by which metal-rich material may have been transported, favouring a collimated outflow reminiscent of the jet-oriented metal enrichment seen in local cluster environments. Our interferometric imaging reveals a gas-rich companion to B3J2330+3927; indeed, all bar one of the eight z >~ 2 radio galaxies (or companions) detected in CO provide some evidence that starburst activity in radio-loud AGN at high redshift is driven by the interaction of two or more gas-rich systems in which a significant mass of stars has already formed, rather than via steady accretion of cold gas from the cosmic web. We find that the CO Tb ratios in radio-loud AGN host galaxies are significantly higher than those seen in similarly intense starbursts where AGN activity is less pronounced. Our most extreme example, where L'(CO4-3)/L'(CO1-0) > 2.7, provides evidence that significant energy is being deposited rapidly into the molecular gas via X-rays and/or mechanical (`quasar-mode') feedback from the AGN, leading to a high degree of turbulence globally and a low optical depth in 12CO - feedback that may lead to the cessation of star formation on a timescale commensurate with that of the jet activity, <~10 Myr.

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