On the merging cluster Abell 578 and its central radio galaxy 4C+67.13
Abstract
Here we analyze radio, optical, and X-ray data for the peculiar cluster Abell 578. This cluster is not fully relaxed and consists of two merging sub-systems. The brightest cluster galaxy (BCG), CGPG 0719.8+6704, is a pair of interacting ellipticals with projected separation ~10 kpc, the brighter of which hosts the radio source 4C+67.13. The Fanaroff–Riley type-II radio morphology of 4C+67.13 is unusual for central radio galaxies in local Abell clusters. Our new optical spectroscopy revealed that both nuclei of the CGPG 0719.8+6704 pair are active, albeit at low accretion rates corresponding to the Eddington ratio $$\sim {{10}^{-4}}$$ (for the estimated black hole masses of $$\sim 3\times {{10}^{8}}\;{{M}_{\odot }}$$ and $$\sim {{10}^{9}}\;{{M}_{\odot }}$$). The gathered X-ray (Chandra) data allowed us to confirm and to quantify robustly the previously noted elongation of the gaseous atmosphere in the dominant sub-cluster, as well as a large spatial offset (~60 kpc projected) between the position of the BCG and the cluster center inferred from the modeling of the X-ray surface brightness distribution. Detailed analysis of the brightness profiles and temperature revealed also that the cluster gas in the vicinity of 4C+67.13 is compressed (by a factor of about ~1.4) and heated (from $$\simeq 2.0$$ keV up to 2.7 keV), consistent with the presence of a weak shock (Mach number ~1.3) driven by the expanding jet cocoon. As a result, this would then require the jet kinetic power of the order of $$\sim {{10}^{45}}$$ erg s–1, implying either a very high efficiency of the jet production for the current accretion rate, or a highly modulated jet/accretion activity in the system.
- Authors:
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- Institute of Space and Astronomical Science JAXA, Kanagawa (Japan); Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo (Japan)
- Institute of Space and Astronomical Science JAXA, Kanagawa (Japan); Jagiellonian Univ., Krakow (Poland)
- Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA (United States)
- Naval Research Lab., Washington, D.C. (United States)
- Jagiellonian Univ., Krakow (Poland)
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States)
- Institute of Space and Astronomical Science JAXA, Kanagawa (Japan)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1313949
- Report Number(s):
- SLAC-PUB-16793
Journal ID: ISSN 1538-4357; arXiv:1503.07244
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- The Astrophysical Journal (Online)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: The Astrophysical Journal (Online); Journal Volume: 805; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1538-4357
- Publisher:
- Institute of Physics (IOP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; astrophysics; ASTRO; GRQC; galaxies: active; galaxies: clusters: individual (Abell 578); galaxies: individual (4C+67.13); galaxies: jets; intergalactic medium; X-rays: galaxies: clusters
Citation Formats
Hagino, K., Stawarz, Ł., Siemiginowska, A., Cheung, C. C., Kozieł-Wierzbowska, D., Szostek, A., Madejski, G., Harris, D. E., Simionescu, A., and Takahashi, T. On the merging cluster Abell 578 and its central radio galaxy 4C+67.13. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/805/2/101.
Hagino, K., Stawarz, Ł., Siemiginowska, A., Cheung, C. C., Kozieł-Wierzbowska, D., Szostek, A., Madejski, G., Harris, D. E., Simionescu, A., & Takahashi, T. On the merging cluster Abell 578 and its central radio galaxy 4C+67.13. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/805/2/101
Hagino, K., Stawarz, Ł., Siemiginowska, A., Cheung, C. C., Kozieł-Wierzbowska, D., Szostek, A., Madejski, G., Harris, D. E., Simionescu, A., and Takahashi, T. Tue .
"On the merging cluster Abell 578 and its central radio galaxy 4C+67.13". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/805/2/101. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1313949.
@article{osti_1313949,
title = {On the merging cluster Abell 578 and its central radio galaxy 4C+67.13},
author = {Hagino, K. and Stawarz, Ł. and Siemiginowska, A. and Cheung, C. C. and Kozieł-Wierzbowska, D. and Szostek, A. and Madejski, G. and Harris, D. E. and Simionescu, A. and Takahashi, T.},
abstractNote = {Here we analyze radio, optical, and X-ray data for the peculiar cluster Abell 578. This cluster is not fully relaxed and consists of two merging sub-systems. The brightest cluster galaxy (BCG), CGPG 0719.8+6704, is a pair of interacting ellipticals with projected separation ~10 kpc, the brighter of which hosts the radio source 4C+67.13. The Fanaroff–Riley type-II radio morphology of 4C+67.13 is unusual for central radio galaxies in local Abell clusters. Our new optical spectroscopy revealed that both nuclei of the CGPG 0719.8+6704 pair are active, albeit at low accretion rates corresponding to the Eddington ratio $\sim {{10}^{-4}}$ (for the estimated black hole masses of $\sim 3\times {{10}^{8}}\;{{M}_{\odot }}$ and $\sim {{10}^{9}}\;{{M}_{\odot }}$). The gathered X-ray (Chandra) data allowed us to confirm and to quantify robustly the previously noted elongation of the gaseous atmosphere in the dominant sub-cluster, as well as a large spatial offset (~60 kpc projected) between the position of the BCG and the cluster center inferred from the modeling of the X-ray surface brightness distribution. Detailed analysis of the brightness profiles and temperature revealed also that the cluster gas in the vicinity of 4C+67.13 is compressed (by a factor of about ~1.4) and heated (from $\simeq 2.0$ keV up to 2.7 keV), consistent with the presence of a weak shock (Mach number ~1.3) driven by the expanding jet cocoon. As a result, this would then require the jet kinetic power of the order of $\sim {{10}^{45}}$ erg s–1, implying either a very high efficiency of the jet production for the current accretion rate, or a highly modulated jet/accretion activity in the system.},
doi = {10.1088/0004-637X/805/2/101},
journal = {The Astrophysical Journal (Online)},
number = 2,
volume = 805,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue May 26 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Tue May 26 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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