论文标题

Lofar两米的Sky Survey揭示的“ Hanny's Voorwerp”中的Relic Jet活动

Relic jet activity in "Hanny's Voorwerp" revealed by the LOFAR Two metre Sky Survey

论文作者

Smith, D. J. B., Krause, M. G., Hardcastle, M. J., Drake, A. B.

论文摘要

我们报告了从Lofar两米Sky Survey(Lotss)的第二个数据发布中获得的“ Hanny's Voorwerp”(以下简称HV)的新观察结果。 HV是Galaxy Zoo项目最初发现的Galaxy IC2497周围环境中的一个高度离子地区。新的150MHz观测值是在现有的多频无线电数据和档案窄带成像的背景下考虑的,以[OIII]发射线为中心。批次数据的合并灵敏度和空间分辨率(远远超过了无线电频率下可用的数据)揭示了从IC2497核中发出的大规模扩展发射的明确证据。无线电射流似乎在与HV共同分层的区域中在中性气晕中打了一个孔。新的150MHz数据以及新处理的档案1.64GHz EVLA数据表明,扩展的发射具有陡峭的频谱,这意味着年龄> 10^8 $ yr。供应扩展150MHz结构的喷气机必须在最近的作品中报道的X射线光度变化之前就必须“关闭”。在这张照片中,射流活性和辐射有效的活性银核的影响是HV的异常外观。

We report new observations of "Hanny's Voorwerp" (hereafter HV) taken from the second data release of the LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey (LoTSS). HV is a highly-ionised region in the environs of the galaxy IC2497, first discovered by the Galaxy Zoo project. The new 150MHz observations are considered in the context of existing multi-frequency radio data and archival narrow-band imaging from the Hubble Space Telescope, centred on the [Oiii] emission line. The combined sensitivity and spatial resolution of the LoTSS data -- which far exceed what was previously available at radio frequencies -- reveal clear evidence for large-scale extended emission emanating from the nucleus of IC2497. The radio jet appears to have punched a hole in the neutral gas halo, in a region co-located with HV. The new 150MHz data, alongside newly-processed archival 1.64GHz eVLA data, reveal that the extended emission has a steep spectrum, implying an age $>10^8$yr. The jet supplying the extended 150MHz structure must have "turned off" long before the change in X-ray luminosity reported in recent works. In this picture, a combination of jet activity and the influence of the radiatively efficient active galactic nucleus are responsible for the unusual appearance of HV.

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