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Optical, near-IR and sub-mm IFU Observations of the nearby dual AGN Mrk 463
العنوان: | Optical, near-IR and sub-mm IFU Observations of the nearby dual AGN Mrk 463 |
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المؤلفون: | Treister, E., Privon, G. C., Sartori, L. F., Nagar, N., Bauer, F. E., Schawinski, K., Messias, H., Ricci, C., U, V., Casey, C., Comerford, J. M., Muller-Sanchez, F., Evans, A. S., Finlez, C., Koss, M., Sanders, D. B., Urry, C. M. |
سنة النشر: | 2018 |
المجموعة: | Astrophysics |
مصطلحات موضوعية: | Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies |
الوصف: | We present optical and near-IR Integral Field Unit (IFU) and ALMA band 6 observations of the nearby dual Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) Mrk 463. At a distance of 210 Mpc, and a nuclear separation of $\sim$4 kpc, Mrk 463 is an excellent laboratory to study the gas dynamics, star formation processes and supermassive black hole (SMBH) accretion in a late-stage gas-rich major galaxy merger. The IFU observations reveal a complex morphology, including tidal tails, star-forming clumps, and emission line regions. The optical data, which map the full extent of the merger, show evidence for a biconical outflow and material outflowing at $>$600 km s$^{-1}$, both associated with the Mrk 463E nucleus, together with large scale gradients likely related to the ongoing galaxy merger. We further find an emission line region $\sim$11 kpc south of Mrk 463E that is consistent with being photoionized by an AGN. Compared to the current AGN luminosity, the energy budget of the cloud implies a luminosity drop in Mrk 463E by a factor 3-20 over the last 40,000 years. The ALMA observations of $^{12}$CO(2-1) and adjacent 1mm continuum reveal the presence of $\sim$10$^{9}$M$_\odot$ in molecular gas in the system. The molecular gas shows velocity gradients of $\sim$800 km/s and $\sim$400 km/s around the Mrk 463E and 463W nuclei, respectively. We conclude that in this system the infall of $\sim$100s $M_\odot$/yr of molecular gas is in rough balance with the removal of ionized gas by a biconical outflow being fueled by a relatively small, $<$0.01% of accretion onto each SMBH. Comment: Accepted by The Astrophysical Journal, 23 pages, 19 figures |
نوع الوثيقة: | Working Paper |
DOI: | 10.3847/1538-4357/aaa963 |
الوصول الحر: | http://arxiv.org/abs/1801.06190Test |
رقم الانضمام: | edsarx.1801.06190 |
قاعدة البيانات: | arXiv |
DOI: | 10.3847/1538-4357/aaa963 |
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