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喷流驱动的AGN对具有明亮X射线晕的大质量局部旋涡星系中分子气体和低恒星形成效率的反馈

Jet-driven AGN feedback on molecular gas and low star-formation efficiency in a massive local spiral galaxy with bright X-ray halo

N. P. H. Nesvadba, A. Y. Wagner, D. Mukherjee, A. Mandal, R. M. J. Janssen, H. Zovaro, N. Neumayer, J. Bagchi, G. Bicknell

摘要:

长期以来,人们一直怀疑强大的射电源可能会降低恒星从其宿主星系中的分子气体形成的效率,但到目前为止,还没有排除其他机制,特别是与其宿主星系大质量凸起中的恒星质量分布有关的机制。我们提出了新的ALMA CO(1-0)干涉测量的冷分子气体在附近(z=0.0755),大质量(M_stellar= 4 × 10^11 M_sun),孤立的,晚型螺旋星系2 MASSX J23453269-044925,这是突出的两对强大的,巨大的射电喷流,和明亮的X射线晕。分子气体位于一个质量巨大(M_gas=2x10^10 M_sun)、24 kpc宽、快速旋转的环中,与内部恒星盘有关。在环的大部分区域都可以看到与射电源相关的宽谱线(FWHM=70-180 km·s^-1),这些谱线具有复杂的轮廓,表明气体的速度足够高,可以阻止边缘托姆勒稳定的气体碎裂成引力束缚的恒星形成云。需要约1-2%的射流动能来驱动这些运动。解析的恒星形成率表面密度下降因子50-75,低于恒星形成星系的肯尼卡特-施密特定律的预期,以及富含气体的早期型星系,其恒星形成的特征因喷流反馈而降低。我们认为,无线电AGN反馈是唯一合理的机制来解释低恒星形成率在这个星系。先前的作者已经注意到,J2345-0449的X射线晕意味着重子分数接近宇宙平均值,这对星系来说是非常高的。我们将这一发现与其他同样巨大的富含重子的螺旋星系进行了对比,这些星系没有突出的射电源。这些星系中的大多数重子都在恒星中,而不是在晕中。我们还讨论了我们的研究结果的影响,我们一般的理解活动星系核反馈在大质量星系。

英文摘要:

It has long been suspected that powerful radio sources may lower the efficiency with which stars form from the molecular gas in their host galaxy, but so far, alternative mechanisms, in particular related to the stellar mass distribution in the massive bulges of their host galaxies, are not ruled out. We present new ALMA CO(1-0) interferometry of cold molecular gas in the nearby (z=0.0755), massive (M_stellar=4x10^11 M_sun), isolated, late-type spiral galaxy 2MASSX J23453269-044925, which is outstanding for having two pairs of powerful, giant radio jets, and a bright X-ray halo. The molecular gas is in a massive (M_gas=2x10^10 M_sun), 24 kpc wide, rapidly rotating ring, which is associated with the inner stellar disk. Broad (FWHM=70-180 km s^-1) lines with complex profiles associated with the radio source are seen over large regions in the ring, indicating gas velocities that are high enough to keep the otherwise marginally Toomre-stable gas from fragmenting into gravitationally bound, star-forming clouds. About 1-2% of the jet kinetic energy are required to power these motions. Resolved star-formation rate surface densities fall factors 50-75 short of expectations from the Kennicutt-Schmidt law of star-forming galaxies, and near gas-rich early-type galaxies with signatures of star formation lowered by jet feedback. We argue that radio AGN feedback is the only plausible mechanism to explain the low star-formation rates in this galaxy. Previous authors have already noted that the X-ray halo of J2345-0449 implies a baryon fraction near the cosmic average, which is very high for a galaxy. We contrast this finding with other, equally massive baryon-rich spiral galaxies without prominent radio sources. Most of the baryons in these galaxies are in stars, not in the halos. We also discuss the implications of our results for our general understanding of AGN feedback in massive galaxies.

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