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利用SOAR探测高红移射电星系射电轴大角度处的大尺度Ly $α$吸收体

Detection of large scale Ly$α$ absorbers at large angles to the radio axis of high-redshift radio galaxies using SOAR

M. Silva, A. Humphrey, P. Lagos, R. Guimarães, T. Scott, P. Papaderos, S. G. Morais

摘要:

利用SOAR望远镜上的Goodman长缝摄谱仪,将狭缝与射电轴成大角度($>$ 45 $^{\circ}$),对5个z为$>$ 2的高红移射电星系的扩展Ly $α$晕和大尺度\ion{H}{I}吸收结构的性质进行了研究,以研究不太可能被活动核照亮的区域.空间扩展的Ly $α$发射检测到大线宽(FWHM = 1000 - 2500公里秒$^{-1}$),这虽然受到共振散射,是湍流运动的暗示。我们发现更高的蓝移和更高的FWHM,这是一个指示,径向运动占主导地位的散装气体动力学垂直于无线电轴之间的相关性,虽然我们无法区分流出和流入的情况下,由于共振性质的Ly $α$线。在三个射电星系中,在垂直于射电轴的方向上检测到了扩展的蓝移Ly $α$吸收,其最小空间范围从$\gtrsim$ 27 kpc到$\gtrsim$ 35 kpc,支持了这样一种观点,即吸收结构覆盖了整个Ly $α$晕,这与星系及其(检测到的)气体晕是一个巨大的膨胀气体壳的一部分是一致的。

英文摘要:

We present an investigation of the properties of the extended Ly$α$ halo and the large-scale \ion{H}{I} absorbing structures associated with 5 high-redshift radio galaxies at z $>$ 2, using the Goodman long-slit spectrograph on the SOAR telescope, with the slit placed at large angles ($>$45$^{\circ}$) to the radio axis, to study regions that are unlikely to be illuminated by the active nucleus. Spatially extended Ly$α$ emission is detected with large line widths (FWHM = 1000 -- 2500 km s$^{-1}$), which although impacted by resonant scattering, is suggestive of turbulent motion. We find a correlation between higher blueshifts and higher FWHM, which is an indication that radial motion dominates the bulk gas dynamics perpendicular to the radio axis, although we are unable to distinguish between outflow and infall scenarios due to the resonant nature of the Ly$α$ line. Extended, blueshifted Ly$α$ absorption is detected in the direction perpendicular to the radio axis in three radio galaxies with minimum spatial extents ranging from $\gtrsim$27 kpc to $\gtrsim$35 kpc, supporting the idea that the absorbing structure covers the entire Ly$α$ halo, consistent with being part of a giant, expanding shell of gas enveloping the galaxy and its (detected) gaseous halo.

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