A deep MeerKAT view of associated HI absorption in radio AGNs at intermediate redshift: Role of absorber geometry and conditions of the gas
ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy(荷兰射电天文研究所);Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen(格罗宁根大学卡普坦天文研究所);Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield(谢菲尔德大学物理与天文学系);Joint ALMA Observatory(ALMA联合研究所);Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC(甚长基线干涉测量欧洲研究基础设施联合研究所)
Raffaella Morganti, Tom Oosterloo, Clive Tadhunter, Suma Murthy
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14 pages, Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics
我们呈现了MeerKAT观测,旨在寻找17个强(L_{\ m 1.4GHz} > 10^{27} W Hz^{-1})射电源在中间红移(0.25 < z < 0.7)中的HI吸收。该样本在射电和光学波长上得到良好表征,使我们能够将HI的存在(或不存在)与AGN及其宿主星系的性质联系起来。该样本主要由核心主导的源和类星体组成。一半的目标具有紫外辐射亮度L_{\ m UV} = 10^{23} W Hz^{-1},超过这个极限,气体应由这种辐射电离。我们获得了15条几乎不受射电频率干扰的光谱,达到了极低的光学深度(τ_{\ m peak} < 0.005),导致了三个新的HI吸收检测。其中两个是关联HI吸收,检测率为13%±7%。两者均发现于年轻射电源(PKS 1151-34和PKS 1306-09),证实了这种类型的源比更成熟的源更容易检测到HI。这两个源的紫外辐射亮度低于10^{23} W Hz^{-1}。令人惊讶的是,其中一个检测(PKS 1151-34)由类星体宿主,表明射电晕仍嵌入核盘中。在第二个源(PKS 1306-09)中,HI高度蓝移,可能属于喷流驱动的喷流。第三个检测是‘本地 intervening’系统,由PKS 0405-12的本地环境中的星系引起,位于该源南部射电晕前方约100 kpc的投影距离处。总体而言,结果表明各种可能的情况,类似于低红移时所见。对于关联吸收,射电源的进化状态、物理条件和气体结构的几何形状决定了HI吸收的检测率。
英文摘要:
We present MeerKAT observations searching for HI absorption in a sample of 17 powerful ($L_{\rm 1.4GHz}> 10^{27}$ W Hz$^{-1}$) radio sources at intermediate redshifts ($0.25<z<0.7$). The sample is well characterised at radio and optical wavelengths, allowing us to connect the presence (or absence) of HI to the properties of the AGN and its host galaxy. The sample consists mostly of core-dominated sources and quasars. Half of the targets have a UV luminosity $L_{\rm UV} = 10^{23}$ W Hz$^{-1}$, above this limit, the gas would be expected to be ionised by this radiation. We obtained 15 spectra free (or almost free) of radio frequency interference, reaching extremely low optical depths ($τ_{\rm peak} < 0.005$) resulting in three new HI absorption detections. Two are associated HI absorptions, giving a detection rate of such systems of $13\%\pm 7\%$. Both are found in young radio sources (PKS 1151-34 and PKS 1306-09), confirming the trend that this type of sources are more often detected in HI compared to more evolved ones. The UV luminosity of both these sources is below $10^{23}$ W Hz$^{-1}$. Surprisingly, one of the detections (PKS 1151-34) is hosted by a quasar, suggesting that the radio lobes are still embedded in the circumnuclear disc. In the second source (PKS 1306-09), the HI is highly blueshifted and likely part of a jet-driven outflow. A third detection is a 'local intervening' system, caused by a galaxy in the local environment of PKS 0405-12 and located in front of the southern radio lobe of this source, about 100 kpc in projection from this quasar. Overall, the results indicate a variety of plausible situations, which resemble what is seen at low redshifts. For the associated absorption, a combination of evolutionary status of the radio sources, physical conditions, and geometry of the gas structure determine the detection rate of HI absorption.
ATLAS. II. Extremely High Incidence of Balmer Line Absorption with Predominant Blueshifts in LRDs: Statistical Insights through Comparison with Type 1 AGNs
Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, The University of Tokyo(东京大学宇宙射线研究所);Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo(东京大学理学研究科物理系);National Astronomical Observatory of Japan(日本国立天文台);Astronomical Science Program, Graduate Institute for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI(SOKENDAI高级研究院天文学科学项目);Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo(东京大学 Kavli宇宙物理数学研究所(WPI))
深星系调查显示,宇宙中的全球恒星形成率(SFR)密度在1 < z < 2时达到峰值,并在z = 0时急剧下降。但是,一个清晰的基本过程,特别是冷原子(~100 K)和分子气相的演变,驱动这样一个强大的演变尚未出现。MALS的设计目的是使用MeerKAT的L波段和UHF波段接收器,对0 < z < 2处的HI 21-cm和OH 18-cm吸收线进行最灵敏的(N(HI)>10 $^{19}$ cm $^{-2}$)尘埃无偏搜索。这将为星系冷原子和分子气体截面的演化提供可靠的测量,并揭示驱动SFR密度急剧演化的过程。从调查中获得的HI和OH吸收剂的大样本将(i)导致物理学的基本常数的最严格的约束,和(ii)是理想的适合于通过塞曼分裂或旋转测量合成探测星系盘中的磁场的演变。该调查还将提供HI和OH吸收剂的无偏普查,即在0 < z < 2时与强大AGN(>10 $^{24}$ W Hz $^{-1}$)相关的冷气体,并将同时提供盲HI和OH发射线调查和无线电连续谱调查。在这里,我们描述的MALS调查设计,观测计划和科学问题下,要解决的各种科学主题。
HI 21-cm absorption in low- and high-excitation radio-loud AGNs at $z<0.5$ from MALS
Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics(大学间天体物理中心);University of Cape Town(开普敦大学);SARAO(南非射电天文台);Université Lyon1(里昂第一大学);ENS de Lyon(里昂高等师范学校);CNRS(法国国家科学研究中心);Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon(里昂天体物理研究中心);French-Chilean Laboratory for Astronomy(法智利天文联合实验室);Universidad de Chile(智利大学);Ioffe Institute(约费研究所);Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The University of Chicago(芝加哥大学天文与天体物理系);Observatoire de Paris(巴黎天文台);Collège de France(法兰西公学院);PSL University(巴黎文理研究大学);Sorbonne University(索邦大学);Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie(马克斯·普朗克射电天文研究所);Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris(巴黎天体物理研究所)
On the equivalent width of the Fe K$α$ line produced by a dusty absorber in active galactic nuclei
被遮蔽的活动星系核提供了一个研究围绕中心引擎的物质的机会。吸收体上的几何和物理约束可以从再处理的活动星系核辐射中推导出来。特别地,遮蔽气体可以再处理核X射线发射,产生窄的Fe K $α$线和康普顿反射峰。近年来,X射线从模糊环面反射的模型已经被计算出来;然而,尽管反射气体可能是尘埃,模型还没有考虑到尘埃对预测光谱的影响。我们研究这个问题,通过分析两组模型,有和没有灰尘的存在下,使用一维光电离代码多云。对一系列柱密度($22 <{\rm log}[N_H(\rm cm^{-2})]< 24.5$)和氢密度($6 <{\rm log}[n_H(\rm cm^{-3})]< 8$)进行计算。计算结果表明,尘埃的存在下,可以提高的Fe K $α$等效宽度(EW)在反射光谱的因素高达$\approx$ 8康普顿厚(CT)的气体和一个典型的ISM粒度分布。EW相对于反射连续谱的增强是由于由尘埃颗粒的各向异性散射行为引起的反射连续谱强度的降低。这种效应将是最相关的反射,从遥远的,主要是中性气体,是一个可能的解释活动星系核,显示出强大的Fe K $α$ EW和一个相对较弱的反射连续。我们的研究结果表明,它是一个重要的是要考虑到灰尘,而建模的X射线反射光谱,推断CT柱密度从观测到的Fe K $α$ EW可能并不总是有效的。需要多维度模型来充分探索影响的程度。
MOSS II: Mid frequency radio catalog of Saraswati core region
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)(洛桑联邦理工学院);University of KwaZulu-Natal(夸祖鲁-纳塔尔大学);University of the Witwatersrand(威特沃特斯兰德大学);Adam Mickiewicz University(亚当·密茨凯维奇大学);University of Zagreb(萨格勒布大学);National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO)(美国国家射电天文台);Tata Institute of Fundamental Research(塔塔基础研究所);University of Tartu(塔尔图大学);INAF Institute of Astrophysics and Space Science(意大利国家天体物理和空间科学研究所)
The Extreme Rarity and Physical Properties of Low-redshift AGNs with Balmer Absorption
The Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University(北京大学科维理天文与天体物理研究所);Department of Astronomy, School of Physics, Peking University(北京大学物理学院天文学系);Max Planck Institute for extraterrestrial Physics(马克斯·普朗克地外物理研究所)
Warm absorber outflows in radio-loud active galactic nucleus 3C~59
Nanjing University(南京大学);Tsinghua University(清华大学);Institute of Space Sciences (ICE, CSIC)(空间科学研究所(IEE,CSIC));Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC)(加泰罗尼亚空间研究学院(IEEC));University of Science and Technology of China(中国科学技术大学);Xiamen University(厦门大学);Leiden University(莱顿大学);SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research(荷兰空间研究所);Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Science(中国科学院上海天文台);Space Telescope Science Institute(太空望远镜科学研究所)
Fast inflowing ionized absorber tracing the gas dynamics at sub-parsec scale around Mrk 3
Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Science(中国科学院上海天文台);European Space Agency (ESA), European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC)(欧洲空间局(ESA)欧洲空间研究与技术中心(ESTEC));School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University(南京大学天文与空间科学学院);Key Laboratory of Modern Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nanjing University, Ministry of Education(教育部现代天文与天体物理学的重点实验室,南京大学)
OH Line Detections in Southern Galaxies of the IRAS Revised Bright Galaxy Sample
College of Physics, Guizhou University(贵州大学物理学院);Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院上海天文台);Special Astrophysical Observatory of RAS(俄罗斯科学院特别天体物理观测站)