HU, Dan, Michal ZAJAČEK, Norbert WERNER, Romana GROSSOVÁ, Pavel JÁCHYM, Ian D ROBERTS, Alessandro IGNESTI, D P Kenney KENNEY, Tomáš PLŠEK, Jean-Paul Bernhard RIFFALD SOUZA BREUER, Timothy SHIMWELL, Cyril TASSE, Zhenghao ZHU and Linhui WU. Ram-pressure stripped radio tail and two ULXs in the spiral galaxy HCG 97b. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Oxford University Press, 2024, vol. 527, No 1, p. 1062-1080. ISSN 0035-8711. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad3219.
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Original name Ram-pressure stripped radio tail and two ULXs in the spiral galaxy HCG 97b
Authors HU, Dan (156 China, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Michal ZAJAČEK (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Norbert WERNER (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Romana GROSSOVÁ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Pavel JÁCHYM, Ian D ROBERTS, Alessandro IGNESTI, D P Kenney KENNEY, Tomáš PLŠEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jean-Paul Bernhard RIFFALD SOUZA BREUER (76 Brazil, belonging to the institution), Timothy SHIMWELL, Cyril TASSE, Zhenghao ZHU and Linhui WU.
Edition Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Oxford University Press, 2024, 0035-8711.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10308 Astronomy
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 4.800 in 2022
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad3219
UT WoS 001102991000006
Keywords in English galaxies: individual: HCG 97b; galaxies: interactions; radio continuum: galaxies
Tags rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Marie Šípková, DiS., učo 437722. Changed: 6/2/2024 09:00.
Abstract
We report LOFAR and VLA detections of extended radio emission in the spiral galaxy HCG 97b, hosted by an X-ray bright galaxy group. The extended radio emission detected at 144 MHz, 1.4 GHz and 4.86 GHz is elongated along the optical disk and has a tail that extends 27 kpc in projection towards the centre of the group at GHz frequencies or 60 kpc at 144 MHz. Chandra X-ray data show two off-nuclear ultra-luminous X-ray sources (ULXs), with the farther one being a plausible candidate for an accreting intermediate-mass black hole (IMBH). The asymmetry observed in both CO emission morphology and kinematics indicates that HCG 97b is undergoing ram-pressure stripping, with the leading side at the southeastern edge of the disk. Moreover, the VLA 4.86 GHz image reveals two bright radio blobs near one ULX, aligning with the disk and tail, respectively. The spectral indices in the disk and tail are comparable and flat (α>−1), suggesting the presence of recent outflows potentially linked to ULX feedback. This hypothesis gains support from estimates showing that the bulk velocity of the relativistic electrons needed for transport from the disk to the tail is approximately ∼1300 km s−1. This velocity is much higher than those observed in ram-pressure stripped galaxies (100−600 km s−1), implying an alternative mechanism aiding the stripping process. Therefore, we conclude that HCG 97b is subject to ram pressure, with the formation of its stripped radio tail likely influenced by the putative IMBH activities.
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