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PKS0347 +05:在一次重大星系合并中触发的无线电高/无线电低双AGN系统

PKS0347+05: a radio-loud/radio-quiet double AGN system triggered in a major galaxy merger

C. Tadhunter, C. Ramos Almeida, R. Morganti, J. Holt, M. Rose, D. Dicken, K. Inskip

摘要:

本文介绍了对FRII射电源PKS 0347 +05(z=0.3390)的光学、红外和射电观测,证明了它是一个罕见的射电强/射电静双活动星系核系统,由一个弱线射电星系(WLRG)组成,与一个Seyfert 1核在同一红移处相距25 kpc(投影)。我们的深双子座光学图像显示出高度扰动的形态,弯曲的尘埃带穿过射电星系宿主的晕和核区域,潮汐尾,以及连接射电星系和塞弗特1核的桥梁。我们的双子座射电星系光谱的光谱合成模型显示了年龄<1亿年的年轻恒星星族变红的证据。在中红外斯皮策/IRS光谱中检测到的强PAH特征提供了该源最近恒星形成活动的进一步证据。总之,这些观测结果支持了一个模型,在这个模型中,两个活动星系核在一次主要的星系合并中同时被触发。然而,尽管存在强大的FRII射电源,并且合并提供了明显充足的燃料供应,射电星系的核心只显示出微弱的低电离发射线活动。我们推测,射电星系核区域的燃料供应最近已经关闭(在过去的10^6年内),但有关核活动星系核活动减少的信息尚未到达FRII射电源的扩展叶和热点。基于这种情况,我们估计,强大的中等红移FRII射电源的寿命为t \sim 5 × 10^6年。总的来说,我们的观察强调,在主要星系合并活动星系核活动的燃料很可能是高度间歇性的。

英文摘要:

We present optical, infrared and radio observations of the powerful FRII radio source PKS0347+05 (z=0.3390), and demonstrate that it is a rare example of a radio-loud/radio-quiet double AGN system, comprising a weak line radio galaxy (WLRG) separated by 25 kpc (in projection) from a Seyfert 1 nucleus at the same redshift. Our deep Gemini optical images show a highly disturbed morphology, with a warped dust lane crossing through the halo and nuclear regions of the radio galaxy host, tidal tails, and a bridge connecting the radio galaxy to the Seyfert 1 nucleus. Spectral synthesis modelling of our Gemini optical spectrum of the radio galaxy shows evidence for a reddened young stellar population of age <100 Myr. Further evidence for recent star formation activity in this source is provided by the detection of strong PAH features in mid-IR Spitzer/IRS spectra. Together, these observations support a model in which both AGN have been triggered simultaneously in a major galaxy merger. However, despite the presence of a powerful FRII radio source, and the apparently plentiful supply of fuel provided by the merger, the nucleus of the radio galaxy shows only weak, low ionization emission line activity. We speculate that the fuel supply to nuclear regions of the radio galaxy has recently switched off (within the last ~10^6 yr), but the information about the resulting decrease in nuclear AGN activity has yet to reach the extended lobes and hotspots of the FRII radio source. Based on this scenario, we estimate that powerful, intermediate redshift FRII radio sources have lifetimes of t\sim 5x10^6 yr. Overall, our observations emphasise that the fuelling of AGN activity in major galaxy mergers is likely to be highly intermittent.

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