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用${\tt BAYMAX}$再看12个候选对偶活动星系核

A Second Look at 12 Candidate Dual AGNs using ${\tt BAYMAX}$

Adi Foord, Kayhan Gültekin, Rebecca Nevin, Julia M. Comerford, Edmund Hodges-Kluck, R. Scott Barrows, Andrew D. Goulding, Jenny E. Greene

摘要:

我们在$z < 0.34$上对12个光学选择的对偶活动星系核候选者进行了分析。每种候选物最初通过双峰[O III] $λ$ 5007发射谱线鉴定,并接受了后续$Chandra$和$HST$观察。因为X射线数据是具有小间隔($<1$“)的低计数($<100$计数),所以对每个源进行分类需要稳健的分析。将长缝[O III]观测与现有的$Chandra$观测配对,我们用${\tt BAYMAX}$重新分析X射线观测,以确定每个系统的X射线发射更可能是单点源还是双点源。我们发现12个源中有4个可能是双X射线点源系统。我们检查每个点源的光谱通过蒙特卡罗方法,概率识别每个光子的可能来源。当这样做时,我们发现:(i)在两个系统中的次级X射线点源具有$L_{\mathrm{X}}<10^{40}$ erg s $^{-1}$,这样我们就不能排除非活动星系核的起源,(ii)一个源具有次级的$L_{\mathrm{X}}>10^{40}$ erg s $^{-1}$,但光谱太软,不能确定排除是由初级活动星系核光电离的X射线发射扩散气体,一个系统(SDSS J1126+2944)是双活动星系核。此外,使用互补的$HST$观测,我们分析了一个子样本的系统,视觉识别为合并。我们的研究结果表明,双活动星系核可能优先居住在合并与小的分离,与模拟和观测一致。

英文摘要:

We present an analysis of 12 optically selected dual AGN candidates at $z < 0.34$. Each candidate was originally identified via double-peaked [O III] $λ$5007 emission lines, and have received follow-up $Chandra$ and $HST$ observations. Because the X-ray data are low-count ($<100$ counts) with small separations ($<1$"), a robust analysis is necessary for classifying each source. Pairing long-slit [O III] observations with existing $Chandra$ observations, we re-analyze the X-ray observations with ${\tt BAYMAX}$ to determine whether the X-ray emission from each system is more likely a single or dual point source. We find that 4 of the 12 sources are likely dual X-ray point source systems. We examine each point source's spectra via a Monte Carlo method that probabilistically identifies the likely origin of each photon. When doing so, we find that (i) the secondary X-ray point sources in 2 of the systems have $L_{\mathrm{X}}<10^{40}$ erg s$^{-1}$, such that we cannot rule out a non-AGN origin, (ii) one source has a secondary with $L_{\mathrm{X}}>10^{40}$ erg s$^{-1}$ but a spectrum that is too soft to definitively preclude being X-ray emitting diffuse gas that was photoionized by the primary AGN, and (iii) one system (SDSS J1126+2944) is a dual AGN. Additionally, using complementary $HST$ observations, we analyze a sub-sample of systems that are visually identified as merging. Our results suggest that dual AGNs may preferentially reside in mergers with small separations, consistent with both simulations and observations.

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