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Francesco Tombesi University of Rome, Tor Vergata
NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center
University of Maryland, College Park
Feeding and Feedback in Radio Galaxies and Mergers: an X-ray Perspective
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Flavors of black hole feedback
l Large program Chandra HETG, 3C 390.3, 3C 120, 3C 111
l Most radio-loud AGN are (minor) mergers (Chiaberge et al. 2015)
Relativistic jets
F. Tombesi – The X-ray Universe 2017, Rome, Italy
Disk winds
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Feeding: Fe K emission lines in 3C 120
(Tombesi et al. 2017)
l Series of neutral/ionized Fe K lines
(including Fe K Compton shoulder)
l Fe Kα FWHM~2,300 km/s,
comparable to optical BLR (i~20o)
l R=0.22±0.04, NH>6x1024 cm-2
l Compton thick equatorial clumps?
l Ionized emitter logξ~3.7 at <~2pc
l Ionized absorber vout~20,000 km/s,
logξ~3.5 erg s-1 cm, NH~3x1021 cm-2
l Emission/absorption from disk wind?
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l Fe Kα E=6.40±0.4 keV, FWHM=8,300±3,300 km/s
l Lowly ionized, high column (xillver) reflection logξ=1.3±0.3 erg s-1 cm
l Line width consistent with optical Hα, origin in BLR or outer accretion disk?
(Tombesi et al. 2016)
Feeding: Fe K emission lines in 3C 390.3
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Feedback: soft X-ray emission lines in 3C 390.3
l Series of emission lines due to Fe L transitions (Fe XVII-XVIII)
l Hot ISM emission, kT=0.5±0.1 keV, FWHM ~ 3,000 km/s
l Luminosity LISM~3x1042 erg/s, tcool ~107-8 yrs. What is the heating source?
l Mechanical energy from AGN jet/disk wind is LK ~1044-45 erg/s
(Tombesi et al. 2016)
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l Series of absorption lines from higher Fe L transitions (Fe XVIII, Fe XIX, Fe XX)
l Warm absorber? logNH=20.7±0.1 cm-2, logξ=2.3±0.5, vout< 150 km s-1
l R~3.5pc–3.5kpc, Pwa~0.001% Lbol
(Tombesi et al. 2016)
Feedback: soft X-ray absorption lines in 3C 390.3
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(Tombesi et al. 2017)
l Emission lines, possibly from OVII/VIII
and Fe L (Fe XVI/XVII/XVIII)
l Hot gas T~107 K, broad emission line
FWHM~2400 km/s
l Lhot~1.5x1042 erg/s, tcool ~106-7 yrs
l Consistent with expanding ~kpc scale
hot bubble with shock velocity ~1000
km/s
l Bubble inflated by AGN winds/jets?
Feedback: soft X-ray emission lines in 3C 120
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Ultrafast outflows in radio galaxies 3C 120
v~0.16c
Energy (keV)
6 8 7 9
(Tombesi et al. 2014)
(Gofford et al. 2013)
3C 390.3
v~0.14c
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Hot bubble inflated by black hole winds/jets?
(credit: NASA/GSFC)
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Excess Galactic Molecular Absorption in 3C111
(Tombesi et al. 2017)
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l Atomic HI from radio surveys NH = 3x1021 cm-2 + extra NH = 4.4x1021 cm-2
l Line of sight absorption from the Taurus molecular cloud in the Milky Way
l Need to consider total Galactic column density of NH = 7.4x1021 cm-2 !!
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Thank you for your attention!
Active Galaxy
Wind
Supermassive Black Hole
Jet
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