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Title: ACCRETION PROPERTIES OF HIGH- AND LOW-EXCITATION YOUNG RADIO GALAXIES

Abstract

Young radio galaxies (YRGs) provide an ideal laboratory to explore the connection between the accretion disk and radio jet thanks to their recent jet formation. We investigate the relationship between the emission-line properties, the black hole accretion rate, and the radio properties using a sample of 34 low-redshift (z < 0.4) YRGs. We classify YRGs as high-excitation galaxies (HEGs) and low-excitation galaxies (LEGs) based on the flux ratio of high-ionization to low-ionization emission lines. Using the H{alpha} luminosities as a proxy of accretion rate, we find that HEGs in YRGs have {approx}1 dex higher Eddington ratios than LEGs in YRGs, suggesting that HEGs have a higher mass accretion rate or higher radiative efficiency than LEGs. In agreement with previous studies, we find that the luminosities of emission lines, in particular H{alpha}, are correlated with radio core luminosity, suggesting that accretion and young radio activities are fundamentally connected.

Authors:
; ;  [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [6]
  1. Astronomy Program, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742 (Korea, Republic of)
  2. Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Daejeon 305-348 (Korea, Republic of)
  3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697 (United States)
  4. Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba 305-8571 (Japan)
  5. Physics Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 (United States)
  6. Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Ushinomiya-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8302 (Japan)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22092177
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Astrophysical Journal
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 757; Journal Issue: 2; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0004-637X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; ACCRETION DISKS; ASTRONOMY; ASTROPHYSICS; BLACK HOLES; EMISSION SPECTRA; EXCITATION; GALAXY NUCLEI; IONIZATION; JETS; LUMINOSITY; MASS; RADIO GALAXIES; RED SHIFT

Citation Formats

Son, Donghoon, Woo, Jong-Hak, Park, Daeseong, Kim, Sang Chul, Fu, Hai, Kawakatu, Nozomu, Bennert, Vardha N., and Nagao, Tohru. ACCRETION PROPERTIES OF HIGH- AND LOW-EXCITATION YOUNG RADIO GALAXIES. United States: N. p., 2012. Web. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/757/2/140.
Son, Donghoon, Woo, Jong-Hak, Park, Daeseong, Kim, Sang Chul, Fu, Hai, Kawakatu, Nozomu, Bennert, Vardha N., & Nagao, Tohru. ACCRETION PROPERTIES OF HIGH- AND LOW-EXCITATION YOUNG RADIO GALAXIES. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/757/2/140
Son, Donghoon, Woo, Jong-Hak, Park, Daeseong, Kim, Sang Chul, Fu, Hai, Kawakatu, Nozomu, Bennert, Vardha N., and Nagao, Tohru. 2012. "ACCRETION PROPERTIES OF HIGH- AND LOW-EXCITATION YOUNG RADIO GALAXIES". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/757/2/140.
@article{osti_22092177,
title = {ACCRETION PROPERTIES OF HIGH- AND LOW-EXCITATION YOUNG RADIO GALAXIES},
author = {Son, Donghoon and Woo, Jong-Hak and Park, Daeseong and Kim, Sang Chul and Fu, Hai and Kawakatu, Nozomu and Bennert, Vardha N. and Nagao, Tohru},
abstractNote = {Young radio galaxies (YRGs) provide an ideal laboratory to explore the connection between the accretion disk and radio jet thanks to their recent jet formation. We investigate the relationship between the emission-line properties, the black hole accretion rate, and the radio properties using a sample of 34 low-redshift (z < 0.4) YRGs. We classify YRGs as high-excitation galaxies (HEGs) and low-excitation galaxies (LEGs) based on the flux ratio of high-ionization to low-ionization emission lines. Using the H{alpha} luminosities as a proxy of accretion rate, we find that HEGs in YRGs have {approx}1 dex higher Eddington ratios than LEGs in YRGs, suggesting that HEGs have a higher mass accretion rate or higher radiative efficiency than LEGs. In agreement with previous studies, we find that the luminosities of emission lines, in particular H{alpha}, are correlated with radio core luminosity, suggesting that accretion and young radio activities are fundamentally connected.},
doi = {10.1088/0004-637X/757/2/140},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22092177}, journal = {Astrophysical Journal},
issn = {0004-637X},
number = 2,
volume = 757,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2012},
month = {Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2012}
}