期刊
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 724, 期 2, 页码 1193-1217出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/724/2/1193
关键词
galaxies: active; galaxies: ISM; galaxies: jets; infrared: galaxies; quasars: general
资金
- NASA [1407]
- NASA through JPL/Caltech
H-2 pure-rotational emission lines are detected from warm (100-1500 K) molecular gas in 17/55 (31% of) radio galaxies at redshift z < 0.22 observed with the Spitzer IR Spectrograph. The summed H-2 0-0 S(0)-S(3) line luminosities are L(H-2) = 7 x 10(38)-2 x 10(42) erg s(-1), yielding warm H-2 masses up to 2 x 10(10)M(circle dot). These radio galaxies, of both FR radio morphological types, help to firmly establish the new class of radio-selected molecular hydrogen emission galaxies (radio MOHEGs). MOHEGs have extremely large H-2 to 7.7 mu m polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) emission ratios: L(H-2)/L(PAH7.7) = 0.04-4, up to a factor 300 greater than the median value for normal star-forming galaxies. In spite of large H-2 masses, MOHEGs appear to be inefficient at forming stars, perhaps because the molecular gas is kinematically unsettled and turbulent. Low-luminosity mid-IR continuum emission together with low-ionization emission line spectra indicates low-luminosity active galactic nuclei (AGNs) in all but three radio MOHEGs. The AGN X-ray emission measured with Chandra is not luminous enough to power the H-2 emission from MOHEGs. Nearly all radio MOHEGs belong to clusters or close pairs, including four cool-core clusters (Perseus, Hydra, A2052, and A2199). We suggest that the H-2 in radio MOHEGs is delivered in galaxy collisions or cooling flows, then heated by radio-jet feedback in the form of kinetic energy dissipation by shocks or cosmic rays.
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