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Direct detection of quasar feedback via the Sunyaev–Zeldovich effect

Lacy, Mark and Mason, Brian and Sarazin, Craig and Chatterjee, Suchetana and Nyland, Kristina and Kimball, Amy and Rocha, Graca and Rowe, Barnaby and Surace, Jason (2019) Direct detection of quasar feedback via the Sunyaev–Zeldovich effect. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 483 (1). L22-L27. ISSN 1745-3925. doi:10.1093/mnrasl/sly215. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190905-111032042

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Abstract

The nature and energetics of feedback from thermal winds in quasars can be constrained via observations of the Sunyaev–Zeldovich Effect (SZE) induced by the bubble of thermal plasma blown into the intergalactic medium by the quasar wind. In this letter, we present evidence that we have made the first detection of such a bubble, associated with the hyperluminous quasar HE 0515-4414. The SZE detection is corroborated by the presence of extended emission line gas at the same position angle as the wind. Our detection appears on only one side of the quasar, consistent with the SZE signal arising from a combination of thermal and kinetic contributions. Estimates of the energy in the wind allow us to constrain the wind luminosity to the lower end of theoretical predictions, ∼0.01 per cent of the bolometric luminosity of the quasar. However, the age we estimate for the bubble, ∼0.1 Gyr, and the long cooling time, ∼0.6 Gyr, means that such bubbles may be effective at providing feedback between bursts of quasar activity.


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Lacy, Mark0000-0002-3032-1783
Chatterjee, Suchetana0000-0002-2878-1502
Nyland, Kristina0000-0003-1991-370X
Rocha, Graca0000-0002-4150-8076
Surace, Jason0000-0001-7291-0087
Alternate Title:Direct detection of quasar feedback via the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect
Additional Information:© 2018 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. This article is published and distributed under the terms of the Oxford University Press, Standard Journals Publication Model (https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/open_access/funder_policies/chorus/standard_publication_model). Accepted 2018 November 11. Received 2018 October 24; in original form 2018 August 23. Published: 15 November 2018. This paper uses the following ALMA data: ADS/JAO.ALMA#2016.1.00309.S. ALMA is a partnership of ESO (representing its member states), NSF (USA), and NINS (Japan), together with NRC (Canada), MOST and ASIAA (Taiwan), and KASI (Republic of Korea), in cooperation with the Republic of Chile. The Joint ALMA Observatory is operated by ESO, AUI/NRAO, and NAOJ. The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is a facility of the National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc. We thank the North American Data Analysts for their contributions. SC acknowledges support from the department of science and technology, Govt. of India through the SERB Early career research grant.
Group:Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC)
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Department of Science and Technology (India)UNSPECIFIED
Subject Keywords:galaxies: evolution – quasars: general – quasars: individual HE 0515-4414
Issue or Number:1
DOI:10.1093/mnrasl/sly215
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Official Citation:Mark Lacy, Brian Mason, Craig Sarazin, Suchetana Chatterjee, Kristina Nyland, Amy Kimball, Graca Rocha, Barnaby Rowe, Jason Surace, Direct detection of quasar feedback via the Sunyaev–Zeldovich effect, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, Volume 483, Issue 1, February 2019, Pages L22–L27, https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/sly215
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