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z ~ 1.4的星系团中心附近的富气AGN

A gas-rich AGN near the centre of a galaxy cluster at z ~ 1.4

V. Casasola, L. Magrini, F. Combes, A. Mignano, E. Sani, R. Paladino, F. Fontani

摘要:

第一维里化结构的形成可以追溯到~9 Gyr前,即在红移范围z ~ 1.4 - 1.6。一些结构形成的模型预测,在那个时期,星团中的恒星形成活动很高,这意味着有大量的冷分子气体。为了在原始星系团中寻找这种预期的高分子气体含量的踪迹,我们在射电星系7 C1756 +6520周围最明亮的活动星系核(AGN)中寻找了z ~ 1.4的12 CO(2-1)线发射。这个活动星系核,被称为AGN.1317,位于中央射电星系的附近,投影距离约为780 kpc。利用IRAM Plateau de Bure干涉仪对AGN.1317中的分子气体量进行了研究,观测到了12 CO(2-1)发射线。我们在z ~ 1.4的星系团活动星系核中探测到CO辐射。我们测量到的分子气体质量为1.1 × 10^10兆太阳,与亚毫米星系中的分子气体质量相当。在光学图像中,AGN.1317似乎不是星系相互作用或合并的一部分,我们还从H α通量导出了近瞬时的恒星形成率(SFR),得到SFR约为65 Msun/yr。这表明AGN.1317正在积极地形成恒星,并将在约0.2-1.0 Gyr内耗尽其冷气体库。

英文摘要:

The formation of the first virialized structures in overdensities dates back to ~9 Gyr ago, i.e. in the redshift range z ~ 1.4 - 1.6. Some models of structure formation predict that the star formation activity in clusters was high at that epoch, implying large reservoirs of cold molecular gas. Aiming at finding a trace of this expected high molecular gas content in primeval clusters, we searched for the 12CO(2-1) line emission in the most luminous active galactic nucleus (AGN) of the cluster around the radio galaxy 7C 1756+6520 at z ~ 1.4, one of the farthest spectroscopic confirmed clusters. This AGN, called AGN.1317, is located in the neighbourhood of the central radio galaxy at a projected distance of ~780 kpc. The IRAM Plateau de Bure Interferometer was used to investigate the molecular gas quantity in AGN.1317, observing the 12CO(2-1) emission line. We detect CO emission in an AGN belonging to a galaxy cluster at z ~ 1.4. We measured a molecular gas mass of 1.1 x 10^10 Msun, comparable to that found in submillimeter galaxies. In optical images, AGN.1317 does not seem to be part of a galaxy interaction or merger.We also derived the nearly instantaneous star formation rate (SFR) from Halpha flux obtaining a SFR ~65 Msun/yr. This suggests that AGN.1317 is actively forming stars and will exhaust its reservoir of cold gas in ~0.2-1.0 Gyr.

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