The Physalis system: Discovery of ORC-like radio shells around a massive pair of interacting early-type galaxies with offset X-ray emission

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Auteurs principaux: Koribalski, Bärbel S., Khabibullin, Ildar, Dolag, Klaus, Churazov, Eugene, Norris, Ray P., Carretti, Ettore, Hopkins, Andrew M., Vernstrom, Tessa, Shabala, Stanislav S., Gupta, Nikhel
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author Koribalski, Bärbel S.
Khabibullin, Ildar
Dolag, Klaus
Churazov, Eugene
Norris, Ray P.
Carretti, Ettore
Hopkins, Andrew M.
Vernstrom, Tessa
Shabala, Stanislav S.
Gupta, Nikhel
author_facet Koribalski, Bärbel S.
Khabibullin, Ildar
Dolag, Klaus
Churazov, Eugene
Norris, Ray P.
Carretti, Ettore
Hopkins, Andrew M.
Vernstrom, Tessa
Shabala, Stanislav S.
Gupta, Nikhel
contents We present the discovery of large radio shells around a massive pair of interacting galaxies and extended diffuse X-ray emission within the shells. The radio data were obtained with the Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) in two frequency bands centred at 944 MHz and 1.4 GHz, respectively, while the X-ray data are from the XMM-Newton observatory. The host galaxy pair, which consists of the early-type galaxies ESO 184-G042 and LEDA 418116, is part of a loose group at a distance of only 75 Mpc (redshift z = 0.017). The observed outer radio shells (diameter ~ 145 kpc) and ridge-like central emission of the system, ASKAP J1914-5433 (Physalis), are likely associated with merger shocks during the formation of the central galaxy (ESO 184-G042) and resemble the new class of odd radio circles (ORCs). This is supported by the brightest X-ray emission found offset from the centre of the Physalis system, instead centered at the less massive galaxy, LEDA 418116. The host galaxy pair is embedded in an irregular envelope of diffuse light, highlighting on-going interactions. We complement our combined radio and X-ray study with high-resolution simulations of the circumgalactic medium (CGM) around galaxy mergers from the Magneticum project to analyse the evolutionary state of the Physalis system. We argue that ORCs / radio shells could be produced by a combination of energy release from the central AGN and subsequent lightening up in radio emission by merger shocks traveling through the CGM of these systems.
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spellingShingle The Physalis system: Discovery of ORC-like radio shells around a massive pair of interacting early-type galaxies with offset X-ray emission
Koribalski, Bärbel S.
Khabibullin, Ildar
Dolag, Klaus
Churazov, Eugene
Norris, Ray P.
Carretti, Ettore
Hopkins, Andrew M.
Vernstrom, Tessa
Shabala, Stanislav S.
Gupta, Nikhel
Astrophysics of Galaxies
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
We present the discovery of large radio shells around a massive pair of interacting galaxies and extended diffuse X-ray emission within the shells. The radio data were obtained with the Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) in two frequency bands centred at 944 MHz and 1.4 GHz, respectively, while the X-ray data are from the XMM-Newton observatory. The host galaxy pair, which consists of the early-type galaxies ESO 184-G042 and LEDA 418116, is part of a loose group at a distance of only 75 Mpc (redshift z = 0.017). The observed outer radio shells (diameter ~ 145 kpc) and ridge-like central emission of the system, ASKAP J1914-5433 (Physalis), are likely associated with merger shocks during the formation of the central galaxy (ESO 184-G042) and resemble the new class of odd radio circles (ORCs). This is supported by the brightest X-ray emission found offset from the centre of the Physalis system, instead centered at the less massive galaxy, LEDA 418116. The host galaxy pair is embedded in an irregular envelope of diffuse light, highlighting on-going interactions. We complement our combined radio and X-ray study with high-resolution simulations of the circumgalactic medium (CGM) around galaxy mergers from the Magneticum project to analyse the evolutionary state of the Physalis system. We argue that ORCs / radio shells could be produced by a combination of energy release from the central AGN and subsequent lightening up in radio emission by merger shocks traveling through the CGM of these systems.
title The Physalis system: Discovery of ORC-like radio shells around a massive pair of interacting early-type galaxies with offset X-ray emission
topic Astrophysics of Galaxies
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.09522