3D tomography of the giant Lyα nebulae of z ≈ 3-5 radio-loud AGN

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作者
Wang, Wuji [1 ]
Wylezalek, Dominika [1 ]
Vernet, Joel [2 ]
De Breuck, Carlos [2 ]
Gullberg, Bitten [3 ,4 ]
Swinbank, Mark [5 ]
Villar Martin, Montserrat [6 ]
Lehnert, Matthew D. [7 ]
Drouart, Guillaume [8 ]
Arrigoni Battaia, Fabrizio [9 ]
Humphrey, Andrew [10 ]
Noirot, Gael [11 ,12 ]
Kolwa, Sthabile [13 ]
Seymour, Nick [8 ]
Lagos, Patricio [10 ]
机构
[1] Heidelberg Univ, Astron Rechen Inst, Zentrum Astron, Monchhofstr 12-14, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
[2] European Southern Observ, Karl Schwarzchild Str 2, D-85748 Garching, Germany
[3] Cosm Dawn Ctr, Copenhagen, Denmark
[4] Tech Univ Denmark, DTU Space, Elekt Vej 328, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark
[5] Univ Durham, Ctr Extragalact Astron, Dept Phys, South Rd, Durham DH1 3LE, England
[6] CSIC INTA, Ctr Astrobiol, Ctra Torrejon Ajalvir,Km 4, Madrid 28850, Spain
[7] Univ Lyon, Univ Lyon1, Ctr Rech Astrophys Lyon, ENS Lyon,CNRS,UMR5574, F-69230 St Genis Laval, France
[8] Curtin Univ, Int Ctr Radio Astron Res, 1 Turner Ave, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
[9] Max Planck Inst Astrophys, Karl Schwarzschild Str 1, D-85748 Garching, Germany
[10] Univ Porto, Inst Astrofis & Ciencias Espaco, CAUP, Rua Estrelas, P-4150762 Porto, Portugal
[11] St Marys Univ, Inst Computat Astrophys, 923 Robie St, Halifax, NS B3H 3C3, Canada
[12] St Marys Univ, Dept Astron & Phys, 923 Robie St, Halifax, NS B3H 3C3, Canada
[13] Univ Johannesburg, Phys Dept, 5 Kingsway Ave, ZA-2092 Johannesburg, South Africa
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
关键词
galaxies: active; galaxies: evolution; galaxies: high-redshift; galaxies: halos; galaxies: jets; ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEUS; HST GRISM CONFIRMATION; CIRCUMGALACTIC MEDIUM; GAS KINEMATICS; RADIATIVE-TRANSFER; STAR-FORMATION; LUMINOSITY FUNCTION; EMITTING GALAXIES; MUSE OBSERVATIONS; ABSORBING HALOES;
D O I
10.1051/0004-6361/202346415
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Ly alpha emission nebulae are ubiquitous around high-redshift galaxies and are tracers of the gaseous environment on scales out to greater than or similar to 100 pkpc (proper kiloparsec). High-redshift radio galaxies (HzRGs, type-2 radio-loud quasars) host large-scale nebulae observed in the ionised gas differ from those seen in other types of high-redshift quasars. In this work, we exploit MUSE observations of Ly alpha nebulae around eight HzRGs (2.92 < z < 4.51). All of the HzRGs have large-scale Ly alpha emission nebulae with seven of them extended over 100 pkpc at the observed surface brightness limit (similar to 2 - 20 x 10(-19) erg s(-1) cm(-2) arcsec(-2)). Because the emission line profiles are significantly affected by neutral hydrogen absorbers across the entire nebulae extent, we performed an absorption correction to infer maps of the intrinsic Ly alpha surface brightness, central velocity, and velocity width, all at the last scattering surface of the observed Ly alpha photons. We find the following: (i) that the intrinsic surface brightness radial profiles of our sample can be described by an inner exponential profile and a power law in the low luminosity extended part; (ii) our HzRGs have a higher surface brightness and more asymmetric nebulae than both radio-loud and radio-quiet type-1 quasars; (iii) intrinsic nebula kinematics of four HzRGs show evidence of jet-driven outflows but we find no general trends for the whole sample; (iv) a relation between the maximum spatial extent of the Ly alpha nebula and the projected distance between the active galactic nuclei (AGN) and the centroids of the Ly alpha nebula; and (v) an alignment between radio jet position angles and the Ly alpha nebula morphology. All of these findings support a scenario in which the orientation of the AGN has an impact on the observed nebular morphologies and resonant scattering may affect the shape of the surface brightness profiles, nebular kinematics, and relations between the observed Ly alpha morphologies. Furthermore, we find evidence showing that the outskirts of the ionised gas nebulae may be 'contaminated' by Ly alpha photons from nearby emission halos and that the radio jet affects the morphology and kinematics of the nebulae. Overall, this work provides results that allow us to compare Ly alpha nebulae around various classes of quasars at and beyond cosmic noon (z similar to 3).
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