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发现一个巨大而明亮的Lya+ PDKEEPAAA + HeII星云,z=3.326,具有极端的发射线比

Discovery of a giant and luminous Lya+CIV+HeII nebula at z=3.326 with extreme emission line ratios

R. Marques-Chaves, I. Pérez-Fournon, M. Villar-Martín, R. Gavazzi, D. Riechers, D. Rigopoulou, J. Wardlow, A. Cabrera-Lavers, D. L. Clements, L. Colina, A. Coor… 展开作者

R. Marques-Chaves, I. Pérez-Fournon, M. Villar-Martín, R. Gavazzi, D. Riechers, D. Rigopoulou, J. Wardlow, A. Cabrera-Lavers, D. L. Clements, L. Colina, A. Cooray, D. Farrah, R. J. Ivison, C. Jiménez-Ángel, P. Martínez-Navajas, H. Nayyeri, S. Oliver, A. Omont, D. Scott, Y. Shu

摘要:

我们发现了HLock 01-LAB,一个明亮的大Lya星云,z=3.326。利用加那利大望远镜进行的中波段成像和长缝光谱观测显示,Lya 1215 π、CIV 1550 π和HeII 1640 π谱线的发射扩展到约100 kpc,总光度L(Lya)=(6.4+/-0.1 x10 ^44 erg s^-1。HLock 01-LAB呈现出一个细长的形态,与两个包含在星云中央~ 8 kpc的微弱射电源对齐。射电结构一致是微弱的射电喷流或中央星系的叶,其光谱显示星云发射特征的II型活动星系核(AGN)。然而,活动星系核在短波长的连续辐射很可能是由宿主星系的恒星辐射所主导的,因此我们推导出恒星质量M* = 2.3 × 10^11 Msun。在CIV和CIII中探测到的扩展发射表明星云中的气体不是原始的。反馈可能使晕在离核区至少50千秒差距处富集。利用静止坐标系紫外发射线诊断,我们发现星云中的气体很可能是由活动星系核加热的。然而,在星云的中心,我们发现了Lya/CIV~60和Lya/HeII~80的极端发射线比,这是迄今为止测量到的最高值之一,远高于光电离模型的标准值(对于B光电离,Lya/HeII~30)。我们的数据表明,喷流引起的冲击可能是负责的电子温度的增加,因此,在星云中心观察到的Lya增强。这一情况进一步支持了无线电结构和扰动运动学在这一地区的存在。HLock 01-LAB中的Lya大光度可能是由于AGN光电离和喷流诱导冲击的组合,突出了Lya星云能量来源的多样性。[删节]

英文摘要:

We present the discovery of HLock01-LAB, a luminous and large Lya nebula at z=3.326. Medium-band imaging and long-slit spectroscopic observations with the Gran Telescopio Canarias reveal extended emission in the Lya 1215Å, CIV1550Å, and HeII 1640Ålines over ~100kpc, and a total luminosity L(Lya)=(6.4+/-0.1)x10^44 erg s^-1. HLock01-LAB presents an elongated morphology aligned with two faint radio sources contained within the central ~8kpc of the nebula. The radio structures are consistent to be faint radio jets or lobes of a central galaxy, whose spectrum shows nebular emission characteristic of a type-II active galactic nucleus (AGN). The continuum emission of the AGN at short wavelengths is, however, likely dominated by stellar emission of the host galaxy, for which we derive a stellar mass M* = 2.3x10^11 Msun. The detection of extended emission in CIV and CIII] indicates that the gas within the nebula is not primordial. Feedback may have enriched the halo at at least 50 kpc from the nuclear region. Using rest-frame UV emission-line diagnostics, we find that the gas in the nebula is likely heated by the AGN. Nevertheless, at the center of the nebula we find extreme emission line ratios of Lya/CIV~60 and Lya/HeII~80, one of the highest values measured to date, and well above the standard values of photoionization models (Lya/HeII~30 for case B photoionization). Our data suggest that jet-induced shocks are likely responsible for the increase of the electron temperature and, thus, the observed Lya enhancement in the center of the nebula. This scenario is further supported by the presence of radio structures and perturbed kinematics in this region. The large Lya luminosity in HLock01-LAB is likely due to a combination of AGN photoionization and jet-induced shocks, highlighting the diversity of sources of energy powering Lya nebulae. [abridged]

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