VLA对受扰动的大质量星系团PLCK G165.7+67.0及其两个窄角尾星系的研究
A VLA Study of the Disturbed Massive Cluster PLCK G165.7 + 67.0 and Its Two Narrow Angle Tail Galaxies
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中文总结 AI 辅助
利用VLA观测,在星系团PLCK G165.7+67.0中分辨出两个窄角尾星系,通过模型约束得到约2000 km/s的空间速度,其中BCG因接近核心穿越而具有更高的三维速度。
中文摘要 AI 辅助
由于光谱测量仅提供视线方向的速度,横向运动难以约束。因此,迄今为止,横向速度仅对近邻星系进行了测量。射电星系中,喷流因冲压压力被弯曲成近乎平行的窄角尾(NATs),为将此类测量扩展到更高红移提供了途径。在此,我们展示了甚大阵列(VLA)对星系团场PLCK G165.7+67.0(G165)中七个射电星系的专有15 GHz(Ku波段)和档案6 GHz(C波段)连续谱观测。VLA成像将其中两个星系团星系分辨为NATs,其尾部均向西南方向延伸,远离星系团质心。在匹配的角分辨率下绘制的谱指数图揭示了沿尾部长度方向与辐射老化一致的陡化梯度。测量了NATs的物理性质,并用于约束两个独立模型:马赫锥模型和基于欧拉方程的非相对论流体动力学流模型。模型返回了两个星系的空间速度约为2000 km/s。其中一个NAT是最亮团星系(BCG),其测量到的径向速度为-3300 km/s,导致更高的空间速度。对BCG推断出的高三维速度,如果它在接近核心穿越时被拦截,则可以解释。
英文摘要
Since spectroscopic measurements provide only the line-of-sight velocity, transverse motions are difficult to constrain. As a result, transverse velocities have so far been measured only for local galaxies. Radio galaxies whose jets are bent back by ram pressure into nearly parallel Narrow-Angle Tails (NATs) offer a way to extend such measurements to higher redshifts. Here, we present proprietary 15 GHz (Ku-band) and archival 6 GHz (C-band) continuum observations from the Very Large Array (VLA) of seven radio galaxies in the galaxy cluster field PLCK G165.7+67.0 (G165). VLA imaging resolves two of the cluster galaxies into NATs whose tails both extend toward the Southwest, away from the cluster center of mass. Spectral index maps made at matched angular resolution resolve a steepening gradient consistent with radiative aging along the length of the tails. Physical properties of the NATs are measured and used to constrain two independent models: a Mach cone model and a nonrelativistic hydrodynamic flow model based on Euler's equation. The models returned space velocities of $\sim 2000 ~\rm km~ \rm s^{-1}$ for both galaxies. One NAT is the brightest cluster galaxy (BCG) and has a measured radial velocity of $-3300 ~\rm km ~\rm s^{-1}$, resulting in an even higher space velocity. The high inferred 3D velocity of the BCG may be explained if it is intercepted close to core passage.
发表机构
- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona(亚利桑那大学斯图尔德天文台)
- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology(麻省理工学院物理系)
- Instituto de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México(墨西哥国立自治大学射电天文学与天体物理研究所)
- School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University(亚利桑那州立大学地球与空间探索学院)
- Department of Space, Earth & Environment, Chalmers University of Technology(查尔姆斯理工大学空间、地球与环境系)
- Joint ALMA Observatory(ALMA联合天文台)
- Michigan State University(密歇根州立大学)
- Department of Astronomy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst(马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校天文学系)
- Space Telescope Science Institute(太空望远镜科学研究所)
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