Ram-pressure stripped radio tail and two ULXs in the spiral galaxy HCG 97b

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985815%3A_____%2F23%3A00582046" target="_blank" >RIV/67985815:_____/23:00582046 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0350161" target="_blank" >https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0350161</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad3219" target="_blank" >10.1093/mnras/stad3219</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Ram-pressure stripped radio tail and two ULXs in the spiral galaxy HCG 97b

Original language description

We report LOFAR and Very Large Array (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 disc 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 south-eastern edge of the disc. Moreover, the VLA 4.86 GHz image reveals two bright radio blobs near one ULX, aligning with the disc and tail, respectively. The spectral indices in the disc 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 disc to the tail is approximately ∼1300km s−1. This velocity is much higher than those observed in ram-pressure stripped galaxies (100−600km 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.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10308 - Astronomy (including astrophysics,space science)

Project

<a href="/en/project/LM2018106" target="_blank" >LM2018106: Atacama Large Millimeter/ Submillimeter Array – participation of the Czech Republic</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

ISSN

0035-8711

e-ISSN

1365-2966

Volume of the periodical

527

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

19

Pages from-to

1062-1080

UT code for WoS article

001102991000006

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85177488725