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对中间红移射电活动星系中相关HI吸收的深度MeerKAT视角:吸收体几何和气体条件的作用

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

AI总结:

研究利用MeerKAT观测发现中间红移射电活动星系中HI吸收的多样性,揭示吸收体几何和气体条件对检测率的影响。

摘要:

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.

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