Professor Ian Smail ian.smail@durham.ac.uk
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X-ray emission around the z = 4.1 radio galaxy TN J1338-1942 and the potential role of far-infrared photons in AGN feedback
Smail, I.; Blundell, K.M.
Authors
K.M. Blundell
Abstract
We report the discovery in an 80-ks observation of spatially extended X-ray emission around the high-redshift radio galaxy TN J1388−1942 (z = 4.11) with the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The X-ray emission extends over a ∼30-kpc diameter region and although it is less extended than the GHz-radio lobes, it is roughly aligned with them. We suggest that the X-ray emission arises from inverse-Compton (IC) scattering of photons by relativistic electrons around the radio galaxy. At z = 4.11, this is the highest redshift detection of IC emission around a radio galaxy. We investigate the hypothesis that in this compact source, the cosmic microwave background (CMB), which is ∼700× more intense than at z ∼ 0 is nonetheless not the relevant seed photon field for the bulk of the IC emission. Instead, we find a tentative correlation between the IC emission and far-infrared luminosities of compact, far-infrared luminous high-redshift radio galaxies (those with lobe lengths of ≲100 kpc). Based on these results, we suggest that in the earliest phases of the evolution of radio-loud active galactic nuclei at very high redshift, the far-infrared photons from the co-eval dusty starbursts occurring within these systems may make a significant contribution to their IC X-ray emission and so contribute to the feedback in these massive high-redshift galaxies.
Citation
Smail, I., & Blundell, K. (2013). X-ray emission around the z = 4.1 radio galaxy TN J1338-1942 and the potential role of far-infrared photons in AGN feedback. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 434(4), 3246-3251. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1240
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Oct 1, 2013 |
Deposit Date | Apr 15, 2014 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 28, 2024 |
Journal | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
Print ISSN | 0035-8711 |
Electronic ISSN | 1365-2966 |
Publisher | Royal Astronomical Society |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 434 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 3246-3251 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1240 |
Keywords | Galaxies, Evolution galaxies, High-redshift galaxies, TN J1338−1942. |
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