1.75 h {sup -1} kpc SEPARATION DUAL ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI AT z = 0.36 IN THE COSMOS FIELD
Abstract
We present strong evidence for dual active galactic nuclei (AGNs) in the z = 0.36 galaxy COSMOS J100043.15+020637.2. COSMOS Hubble Space Telescope (HST) imaging of the galaxy shows a tidal tail, indicating that the galaxy recently underwent a merger, as well as two bright point sources near the galaxy's center. The luminosities of these sources (derived from the HST image) and their emission line flux ratios (derived from Keck/DEIMOS slit spectroscopy) suggest that both are AGNs and not star-forming regions or supernovae. Observations from zCOSMOS, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, XMM-Newton, Spitzer, and the Very Large Array fortify the evidence for AGN activity. With HST imaging we measure a projected spatial offset between the two AGNs of 1.75 {+-} 0.03 h {sup -1} kpc, and with DEIMOS we measure a 150 {+-} 40 km s{sup -1} line-of-sight velocity offset between the two AGNs. Combined, these observations provide substantial evidence that COSMOS J100043.15+020637.2 is a merger-remnant galaxy with dual AGNs.
- Authors:
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- Astronomy Department, 601 Campbell Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 (United States)
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, MS 169-327, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 (United States)
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, M/S 29, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, 2575 Sand Hill Rd., Menlo Park, CA 94725 (United States)
- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 (United States)
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 (United States)
- Publication Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 21333787
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal Name:
- Astrophysical Journal (Online)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 702; Journal Issue: 1; Other Information: DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/702/1/L82; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1538-4357
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 79 ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; EMISSION; GALAXIES; GALAXY NUCLEI; LUMINOSITY; POINT SOURCES; SPECTROSCOPY; SUPERNOVAE; TELESCOPES; UNIVERSE; VELOCITY
Citation Formats
Comerford, Julia M, Davis, Marc, Griffith, Roger L, Stern, Daniel, Gerke, Brian F, Cooper, Michael C, and Newman, Jeffrey A. 1.75 h {sup -1} kpc SEPARATION DUAL ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI AT z = 0.36 IN THE COSMOS FIELD. United States: N. p., 2009.
Web. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/702/1/L82; COUNTRY OF INPUT: INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA).
Comerford, Julia M, Davis, Marc, Griffith, Roger L, Stern, Daniel, Gerke, Brian F, Cooper, Michael C, & Newman, Jeffrey A. 1.75 h {sup -1} kpc SEPARATION DUAL ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI AT z = 0.36 IN THE COSMOS FIELD. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/702/1/L82; COUNTRY OF INPUT: INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA)
Comerford, Julia M, Davis, Marc, Griffith, Roger L, Stern, Daniel, Gerke, Brian F, Cooper, Michael C, and Newman, Jeffrey A. 2009.
"1.75 h {sup -1} kpc SEPARATION DUAL ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI AT z = 0.36 IN THE COSMOS FIELD". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/702/1/L82; COUNTRY OF INPUT: INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA).
@article{osti_21333787,
title = {1.75 h {sup -1} kpc SEPARATION DUAL ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI AT z = 0.36 IN THE COSMOS FIELD},
author = {Comerford, Julia M and Davis, Marc and Griffith, Roger L and Stern, Daniel and Gerke, Brian F and Cooper, Michael C and Newman, Jeffrey A},
abstractNote = {We present strong evidence for dual active galactic nuclei (AGNs) in the z = 0.36 galaxy COSMOS J100043.15+020637.2. COSMOS Hubble Space Telescope (HST) imaging of the galaxy shows a tidal tail, indicating that the galaxy recently underwent a merger, as well as two bright point sources near the galaxy's center. The luminosities of these sources (derived from the HST image) and their emission line flux ratios (derived from Keck/DEIMOS slit spectroscopy) suggest that both are AGNs and not star-forming regions or supernovae. Observations from zCOSMOS, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, XMM-Newton, Spitzer, and the Very Large Array fortify the evidence for AGN activity. With HST imaging we measure a projected spatial offset between the two AGNs of 1.75 {+-} 0.03 h {sup -1} kpc, and with DEIMOS we measure a 150 {+-} 40 km s{sup -1} line-of-sight velocity offset between the two AGNs. Combined, these observations provide substantial evidence that COSMOS J100043.15+020637.2 is a merger-remnant galaxy with dual AGNs.},
doi = {10.1088/0004-637X/702/1/L82; COUNTRY OF INPUT: INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA)},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/21333787},
journal = {Astrophysical Journal (Online)},
issn = {1538-4357},
number = 1,
volume = 702,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2009},
month = {Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2009}
}