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z=2.3射电星系的偏振扩展Ly-alpha辐射

Polarized extended Ly-alpha emission from a z=2.3 radio galaxy

A. Humphrey, J. Vernet, M. Villar-Martin, S. di Serego Alighieri, R. A. E. Fosbury, A. Cimatti

摘要:

我们提出了空间分辨spectropolarimetic测量的z=2.34射电星系TXS 0211-122的100千秒差距尺度的气体环境。窄的Ly-alpha辐射的偏振水平在星云中心较低(P<5%),但在星云东部上升到P=16.4+/-4.6%,表明星云至少部分是由HI散射Ly-alpha光子提供能量的。这不仅是第一次探测到活跃星系周围的偏振Ly-alpha,也是迄今为止第二次探测到任何类型的Ly-alpha星云。我们还检测到一对截然相反的紫外线连续源沿狭缝,在Ly-alpha星云的外缘,我们认为这可能是一个尘埃壳的肢体,有关的大规模HI吸收剂往往与高Z射电星系。

英文摘要:

We present spatially resolved spectropolarimetic measurements of the 100-kpc scale gaseous environment of the z=2.34 radio galaxy TXS 0211-122. The polarization level of the narrow Ly-alpha emission is low centrally (P<5 %), but rises to P=16.4+/-4.6 % in the Eastern part of the nebula, indicating that the nebula is at least partly powered by the scattering of Ly-alpha photons by HI. Not only is this the first detection of polarized Ly-alpha around a radio-loud active galaxy, it is also the second detection to date for any kind of Ly-alpha nebula. We also detect a pair of diametrically opposed UV continuum sources along the slit, at the outer edges of the Ly-alpha nebula, which we suggest may be the limb of a dusty shell, related to the large-scale HI absorbers often associated with high-z radio galaxies.

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