Discovery of a powerful >1061 erg AGN outburst in the distant galaxy cluster SPT-CLJ0528-5300.
We present ~103 ks of Chandra observations of the galaxy cluster SPT-CLJ0528-5300 (SPT0528, z = 0.768). This cluster harbors the most radio-loud (L 1.4GHz = 1.01 × 1033 erg s−1 Hz−1) central active galactic nucleus (AGN) of any cluster in the South Pole Telescope (SPT) Sunyaev–Zeldovich survey with...
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ftunivdurham:oai:dro.dur.ac.uk.OAI2:30091 2023-05-15T18:22:59+02:00 Discovery of a powerful >1061 erg AGN outburst in the distant galaxy cluster SPT-CLJ0528-5300. Calzadilla, Michael S. McDonald, Michael Bayliss, Matthew Benson, Bradford A. Bleem, Lindsey E. Brodwin, Mark Edge, Alastair C. Floyd, Benjamin Gupta, Nikhel Hlavacek-Larrondo, Julie McNamara, Brian R. Reichardt, Christian L. 2019-12-10 application/pdf http://dro.dur.ac.uk/30091/ http://dro.dur.ac.uk/30091/1/30091.pdf https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ab5b07 unknown IOP Publishing dro:30091 issn:2041-8213 doi:10.3847/2041-8213/ab5b07 http://dro.dur.ac.uk/30091/ https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ab5b07 http://dro.dur.ac.uk/30091/1/30091.pdf © 2019. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. Astrophysical journal, 2019, Vol.887(1), pp.L17 [Peer Reviewed Journal] Article PeerReviewed 2019 ftunivdurham https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ab5b07 2020-06-04T22:26:12Z We present ~103 ks of Chandra observations of the galaxy cluster SPT-CLJ0528-5300 (SPT0528, z = 0.768). This cluster harbors the most radio-loud (L 1.4GHz = 1.01 × 1033 erg s−1 Hz−1) central active galactic nucleus (AGN) of any cluster in the South Pole Telescope (SPT) Sunyaev–Zeldovich survey with available X-ray data. We find evidence of AGN-inflated cavities in the X-ray emission, which are consistent with the orientation of the jet direction revealed by Australia Telescope Compact Array radio data. The combined probability that two such depressions—each at ~1.4–1.8σ significance, oriented ~180° apart and aligned with the jet axis—would occur by chance is 0.1%. At gsim1061 erg, the outburst in SPT0528 is among the most energetic known in the universe, and certainly the most powerful known at z > 0.25. This work demonstrates that such powerful outbursts can be detected even in shallow X-ray exposures out to relatively high redshifts (z ~ 0.8), providing an avenue for studying the evolution of extreme AGN feedback. The ratio of the cavity power (${P}_{\mathrm{cav}}=(9.4\pm 5.8)\times {10}^{45}$ erg s−1) to the cooling luminosity (L cool = (1.5 ± 0.5) × 1044 erg s−1) for SPT0528 is among the highest measured to date. If, in the future, additional systems are discovered at similar redshifts with equally high P cav/L cool ratios, it would imply that the feedback/cooling cycle was not as gentle at high redshifts as in the low-redshift universe. Article in Journal/Newspaper South pole Durham University: Durham Research Online South Pole The Astrophysical Journal 887 1 L17 |
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We present ~103 ks of Chandra observations of the galaxy cluster SPT-CLJ0528-5300 (SPT0528, z = 0.768). This cluster harbors the most radio-loud (L 1.4GHz = 1.01 × 1033 erg s−1 Hz−1) central active galactic nucleus (AGN) of any cluster in the South Pole Telescope (SPT) Sunyaev–Zeldovich survey with available X-ray data. We find evidence of AGN-inflated cavities in the X-ray emission, which are consistent with the orientation of the jet direction revealed by Australia Telescope Compact Array radio data. The combined probability that two such depressions—each at ~1.4–1.8σ significance, oriented ~180° apart and aligned with the jet axis—would occur by chance is 0.1%. At gsim1061 erg, the outburst in SPT0528 is among the most energetic known in the universe, and certainly the most powerful known at z > 0.25. This work demonstrates that such powerful outbursts can be detected even in shallow X-ray exposures out to relatively high redshifts (z ~ 0.8), providing an avenue for studying the evolution of extreme AGN feedback. The ratio of the cavity power (${P}_{\mathrm{cav}}=(9.4\pm 5.8)\times {10}^{45}$ erg s−1) to the cooling luminosity (L cool = (1.5 ± 0.5) × 1044 erg s−1) for SPT0528 is among the highest measured to date. If, in the future, additional systems are discovered at similar redshifts with equally high P cav/L cool ratios, it would imply that the feedback/cooling cycle was not as gentle at high redshifts as in the low-redshift universe. |
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Calzadilla, Michael S. McDonald, Michael Bayliss, Matthew Benson, Bradford A. Bleem, Lindsey E. Brodwin, Mark Edge, Alastair C. Floyd, Benjamin Gupta, Nikhel Hlavacek-Larrondo, Julie McNamara, Brian R. Reichardt, Christian L. |
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Calzadilla, Michael S. McDonald, Michael Bayliss, Matthew Benson, Bradford A. Bleem, Lindsey E. Brodwin, Mark Edge, Alastair C. Floyd, Benjamin Gupta, Nikhel Hlavacek-Larrondo, Julie McNamara, Brian R. Reichardt, Christian L. Discovery of a powerful >1061 erg AGN outburst in the distant galaxy cluster SPT-CLJ0528-5300. |
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Calzadilla, Michael S. McDonald, Michael Bayliss, Matthew Benson, Bradford A. Bleem, Lindsey E. Brodwin, Mark Edge, Alastair C. Floyd, Benjamin Gupta, Nikhel Hlavacek-Larrondo, Julie McNamara, Brian R. Reichardt, Christian L. |
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Discovery of a powerful >1061 erg AGN outburst in the distant galaxy cluster SPT-CLJ0528-5300. |
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Discovery of a powerful >1061 erg AGN outburst in the distant galaxy cluster SPT-CLJ0528-5300. |
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Discovery of a powerful >1061 erg AGN outburst in the distant galaxy cluster SPT-CLJ0528-5300. |
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Discovery of a powerful >1061 erg AGN outburst in the distant galaxy cluster SPT-CLJ0528-5300. |
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Discovery of a powerful >1061 erg AGN outburst in the distant galaxy cluster SPT-CLJ0528-5300. |
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discovery of a powerful >1061 erg agn outburst in the distant galaxy cluster spt-clj0528-5300. |
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