2015ApJ...811...14M

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2015ApJ...811...14M - Astrophys. J., 811, 14 (2015/September-3)

Spatially resolved imaging and spectroscopy of candidate dual active galactic nuclei.

McGURK R.C., MAX C.E., MEDLING A.M., SHIELDS G.A. and COMERFORD J.M.

Abstract (from CDS):

When galaxies merge, both central supermassive black holes are immersed in a dense and chaotic environment. If there is sufficient gas in the nuclear regions, one expects to see close pairs of active galactic nuclei (AGNs), or dual AGNs, in a fraction of galaxy mergers. However, finding them remains a challenge. The presence of double-peaked [O iii] emission lines has been proposed as a technique to select dual AGNs efficiently. We studied a sample of double-peaked narrow [O iii] emitting AGNs from Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) DR7. By obtaining new and archival high spatial resolution images taken with the Keck II Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics system and the near-infrared camera NIRC2, we show that 30% of 140 double-peaked [O iii] emission line SDSS AGNs have two spatial components within a 3" radius. However, spatially resolved spectroscopy or X-ray observations are needed to confirm these galaxy pairs as systems containing two AGNs. We followed up three spatially double candidate dual AGNs with integral field spectroscopy from Keck OSIRIS and 10 candidates with long-slit spectroscopy from the Shane Kast Double Spectrograph at Lick Observatory. We find that the double-peaked emission lines in our sample of 12 candidates are caused by: one dual AGN (SDSS J114642.47+511029.6), one confirmed outflow and four likely outflows, two pairs of star-forming galaxies, one candidate indeterminate due to sky line interference, and three AGNs with spatially coincident double [O iii] peaks, likely due to unresolved complex narrow line kinematics, outflows, binary AGN, or small-scale jets.

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Journal keyword(s): galaxies: active - galaxies: interactions - galaxies: nuclei - quasars: emission lines

Simbad objects: 140

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Number of rows : 140
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA 		ICRS (J2000)
DEC 		Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026 		#notes
1 2MASS J00024907+0045051 Sy1 00 02 49.0771278648 +00 45 04.933132632   19.05 18.23     ~ 29 0
2 2MASS J00065686+1548479 Sy2 00 06 56.8514393208 +15 48 47.907478152           ~ 10 0
3 2MASX J01180295-0826474 Sy1 01 18 02.9536821840 -08 26 47.301550404     19.24     ~ 7 0
4 LEDA 1461975 Sy2 01 35 55.8263420472 +14 35 29.635003716   18.51 17.88     ~ 14 0
5 2MASX J01420899-0050495 Sy2 01 42 09.0222189528 -00 50 50.059306860   19.25 18.50     ~ 17 0
6 [VV2006] J020011.5-093126 QSO 02 00 11.5260312000 -09 31 26.196503088   18.41 18.27     ~ 48 0
7 2MASX J04000160-0652543 Sy2 04 00 01.5920782560 -06 52 54.307469064   19.37 18.44     ~ 19 0
8 [VV2006] J072554.4+374436 QSO 07 25 54.4233 +37 44 37.119   18.91 18.65     ~ 27 0
9 2MASS J07350948+4036245 Sy2 07 35 09.4975500432 +40 36 24.394046976           ~ 9 0
10 2MASX J07365650+4759467 Sy1 07 36 56.4808318656 +47 59 46.905553176           ~ 13 0
11 7C 073538.00+320242.00 Sy2 07 38 49.74744 +31 56 11.4792   21.66 20.54 19.19   ~ 17 1
12 2MASS J07412967+3928359 Sy2 07 41 29.6713683289 +39 28 35.819083858   20.76 19.71     ~ 14 0
13 2MASX J07472979+3440185 Sy2 07 47 29.7701296896 +34 40 18.140404152   19.46 18.66     ~ 11 0
14 [VV2006] J080315.7+483603 QSO 08 03 15.6755366880 +48 36 03.092091516   18.36 18.23     ~ 27 0
15 Z 207-33 Sy2 08 07 40.9957797624 +39 00 15.247008108   14.90 14.08     ~ 190 0
16 2MASX J08084123+4813522 Sy1 08 08 41.2212497520 +48 13 51.909011184   19.55 18.71     ~ 12 0
17 SDSS J081507.41+430427.0 Sy2 08 15 07.4180 +43 04 27.072   21.71 20.96     ~ 25 0
18 2MASS J08154252+0635229 Sy1 08 15 42.5310808320 +06 35 22.947905328   20.05 18.99     ~ 31 0
19 2MASX J08210788+5021156 Sy2 08 21 07.8842973600 +50 21 15.750134640   19.47 18.67     ~ 13 0
20 2MASS J08235781+3916308 Sy1 08 23 57.8157507936 +39 16 30.909868464   19.74 18.84     ~ 10 0
21 [VV2006c] J082858.0+074255 Sy1 08 28 57.9970914792 +07 42 55.742921604   21.75 21.23     ~ 14 0
22 2MASS J08371348+1500371 AGN 08 37 13.49 +15 00 37.1           ~ 9 0
23 2MASS J08413018+3931191 AGN 08 41 30.1683009312 +39 31 19.260067800           ~ 7 0
24 2MASS J08422745+0547160 Sy2 08 42 27.4533963357 +05 47 16.369863392   20.96 19.98     ~ 15 1
25 2MASS J08535865+2339114 Sy1 08 53 58.6528253448 +23 39 11.359333152           ~ 8 0
26 IRAS 08559+1053 Sy2 08 58 41.7769654542 +10 41 21.877217105           ~ 60 0
27 SDSS J090246.93+012028.2 Sy2 09 02 46.9427 +01 20 28.277   21.96 21.22     ~ 16 0
28 2MASS J09061594+1218456 QSO 09 06 15.9295280112 +12 18 45.738007632   17.2 17.60 17.2   ~ 22 0
29 2MASS J09075396+1415089 AGN 09 07 53.9733031392 +14 15 09.114299892           ~ 5 0
30 2MASS J09094784+3124435 Sy1 09 09 47.8437429456 +31 24 43.618508784   18.46 17.91     ~ 33 0
31 [VV2006c] J090958.4+085541 Sy1 09 09 58.3180967904 +08 55 42.289692888   20.43 19.81     ~ 8 0
32 SDSS J091646.03+283526.7 Sy2 09 16 46.0364799480 +28 35 26.749341852   18.55 17.96     ~ 14 0
33 GAMA 708278 Sy1 09 16 49.4107373352 +00 00 31.573553400   20.39 19.70     ~ 12 0
34 1RXS J091652.4+521645 Sy1 09 16 54.1001735280 +52 17 22.981769304   19.52 19.02     ~ 11 0
35 2MASS J09245524+0510521 Sy1 09 24 55.2514741080 +05 10 52.132304100           ~ 12 0
36 2MASS J09403225+3113286 AGN 09 40 32.2495004904 +31 13 28.527100284           ~ 5 0
37 IRAS 09382+1449 QSO 09 41 00.8132140776 +14 36 14.454071388   20.86 20.14     ~ 18 0
38 7C 093818.10+395820.00 Sy2 09 41 24.0268234920 +39 44 41.809159068   16.36 16.4     ~ 195 2
39 LEDA 2571792 Sy2 09 41 44.8344278376 +57 51 23.594292108   18.97 18.32     ~ 23 0
40 2MASS J09423667+1925411 QSO 09 42 36.6815809104 +19 25 41.221793388   17.92 17.70     ~ 18 0
41 SDSS J095207.62+255257.2 Sy1 09 52 07.6314332184 +25 52 57.377890128   19.11 18.78     ~ 38 0
42 2dFGRS TGN285Z051 Sy1 09 58 33.1980376152 -00 51 18.666040536   18.62 17.84 15.783   ~ 16 0
43 2MASS J09583397+2512352 Sy1 09 58 33.9801075024 +25 12 35.308349136           ~ 7 0
44 2MASS J09592054+4221422 AGN 09 59 20.5174675776 +42 21 41.807759904           ~ 4 0
45 2MASS J09594260+2619141 Sy2 09 59 42.6028171056 +26 19 14.140674336           ~ 12 0
46 2MASS J10014532+2833302 Sy1 10 01 45.3034683432 +28 33 30.507760224   20.22 19.44     ~ 7 0
47 SDSS J100654.20+464717.2 Sy1 10 06 54.1962639744 +46 47 17.058921108           ~ 13 0
48 2MASS J10124120+2155561 Sy1 10 12 41.2159709544 +21 55 56.094804336   19.28 18.69     ~ 16 0
49 SDSS J102004.36+324342.5 Sy1 10 20 04.3603508688 +32 43 42.523151448   19.74 19.50     ~ 20 0
50 2MASX J10232557+3243484 Sy1 10 23 25.5652511304 +32 43 48.345735324           ~ 14 0
51 [VV2006] J103138.7+380651 QSO 10 31 38.6759478912 +38 06 51.679372824   18.42 18.19     ~ 28 0
52 2MASS J10425796+3853472 AGN 10 42 57.9605852472 +38 53 47.250574332           ~ 7 0
53 2MASS J10505246+0839346 Sy1 10 50 52.4656986336 +08 39 34.811881560           ~ 7 0
54 [VV2006] J105104.6+625159 QSO 10 51 04.5306791448 +62 51 59.368048668   17.64 17.29     ~ 29 0
55 IRAS F11062+0715 Sy2 11 08 51.0361186344 +06 59 01.452945264   18.89 18.45     ~ 37 0
56 SDSS J111013.20+053338.8 Sy1 11 10 13.2012886152 +05 33 38.861708076   18.43 17.91     ~ 10 0
57 SDSS J112659.53+294442.7 AGN 11 26 59.5358476056 +29 44 42.785174760           ~ 20 0
58 [VV2010c] J112907.1+575605 Sy2 11 29 07.1038338576 +57 56 05.205613092   20.51 19.56 17.32   ~ 14 0
59 2MASS J11302099+0222115 Sy1 11 30 21.0005284752 +02 22 11.519519772   17.99 17.74     ~ 34 0
60 [VV2006] J113045.4+505508 QSO 11 30 45.3344572272 +50 55 09.091531596   18.91 18.72     ~ 25 0
61 [VV2006] J113105.1+610405 QSO 11 31 05.0706142200 +61 04 05.124848052   17.88 17.69     ~ 29 0
62 SDSS J113257.85+604653.6 QSO 11 32 57.8484308136 +60 46 53.676780132   18.89 18.65     ~ 25 0
63 2MASS J11464254+5110305 Sy2 11 46 42.473 +51 10 29.60   19.36 18.62     ~ 27 0
64 2MASS J11485264+1514158 Sy1 11 48 52.6614663624 +15 14 15.824274000   19.02 18.33 15.5   ~ 16 0
65 SDSS J114908.49+144547.0 QSO 11 49 08.4970247088 +14 45 46.998677592   18.95 18.83     ~ 22 0
66 [VV2000] J115106.8+471157 QSO 11 51 06.7029594000 +47 11 57.733028556   17.78 17.45     ~ 27 0
67 2MASS J11524934+1903001 Sy1 11 52 49.3361708904 +19 03 00.205206084           ~ 18 0
68 PB 3720 Sy1 11 55 23.7439459296 +15 07 56.899872516   17.95 17.64     ~ 33 0
69 SDSS J115714.97+081632.0 Sy1 11 57 14.978 +08 16 32.03   20.27 19.47     ~ 10 0
70 2MASSI J1202406+263138 Sy1 12 02 40.6794846720 +26 31 38.628995736   17.56 17.49     ~ 36 1
71 LEDA 1428221 AGN 12 03 20.6522578248 +13 19 31.387862280           ~ 24 1
72 2MASS J12034328+2835574 Sy1 12 03 43.2214978488 +28 35 57.803252172   20.09 19.70     ~ 12 0
73 [VV2006] J121911.1+042905 QSO 12 19 11.1663250944 +04 29 05.903553516   18.70 18.51     ~ 31 0
74 2MASS J12195749+1900036 AGN 12 19 57.5125465776 +19 00 03.426314004           ~ 6 0
75 6C 123659+533024 Sy1 12 39 15.4555772520 +53 14 14.959726368   19.62 18.69     ~ 38 1
76 LEDA 3793788 Sy2 12 40 37.8332124816 +35 34 37.292036664   19.55 18.84     ~ 18 0
77 SDSS J124046.64+512902.1 QSO 12 40 46.6413533208 +51 29 02.177088864   20.68 20.49     ~ 21 0
78 [VV2006] J124859.7-025730 QSO 12 48 59.7206390808 -02 57 30.790612764   18.65 18.50     ~ 30 0
79 IRAS F12510+2603 rG 12 53 27.5062875612 +25 47 47.610645913   20.64 20.17     ~ 8 0
80 SDSS J130128.76-005804.2 Sy2 13 01 28.7725645728 -00 58 04.251264636   20.40 19.41     ~ 18 0
81 2MASS J13072410+4604007 Sy1 13 07 24.0856179624 +46 04 00.804857016   20.87 20.09     ~ 21 0
82 2MASS J13110673+1952342 AGN 13 11 06.7376991624 +19 52 34.191900444           ~ 7 0
83 2MASS J13123596+5004159 Sy2 13 12 35.9600950680 +50 04 16.015538928           ~ 10 0
84 2MASS J13210460-0014457 Sy2 13 21 04.5988953144 -00 14 45.818090736   19.42 18.71     ~ 12 0
85 SDSS J133226.34+060627.4 Sy1 13 32 26.3421972720 +06 06 27.299476224   20.29 19.42     ~ 19 0
86 SDSS J135024.66+240251.4 QSO 13 50 24.6595625928 +24 02 51.327566412   20.17 19.89     ~ 13 0
87 SDSS J135646.10+102609.0 Sy2 13 56 46.106 +10 26 09.09   18.90 18.11     ~ 95 0
88 4C 02.39 Sy2 14 02 31.5868094760 +02 15 46.356134724   19.12 18.36     ~ 47 1
89 2MASS J14031815+1649597 Sy1 14 03 18.1134331728 +16 49 59.642885136   19.69 19.36     ~ 15 0
90 2MASS J14053486+2447350 Sy1 14 05 34.8497673576 +24 47 34.914535728           ~ 9 0
91 SDSS J140646.11+234821.0 QSO 14 06 46.1154134928 +23 48 20.951095968   19.11 19.00     ~ 15 0
92 SDSS J140845.73+353218.5 Sy2 14 08 45.7319620176 +35 32 18.507949944   18.76 18.07     ~ 20 0
93 2MASS J14092355-0124302 QSO 14 09 23.5172730888 -01 24 30.579956892   19.34 19.27     ~ 30 0
94 [VV2006] J143135.5-011200 QSO 14 31 35.4300814656 -01 11 59.846745768   19.2 18.97 19.1   ~ 28 0
95 IRAS F14390+6209 Sy1 14 40 12.7608174552 +61 56 33.095803524   17.32 17.08     ~ 54 0
96 SDSS J144157.24+094859.1 Sy2 14 41 57.2476587048 +09 48 59.142330072   20.30 19.36     ~ 15 0
97 SDSS J144804.17+182537.9 Sy2 14 48 04.1759164584 +18 25 37.857917856           ~ 19 0
98 2MASS J14515681+3016028 Sy2 14 51 56.8148735424 +30 16 02.604622116           ~ 6 0
99 SDSS J145408.36+240521.3 QSO 14 54 08.3606016144 +24 05 21.304275252   19.31 19.12     ~ 15 0
100 SDSS J145717.69+110412.4 QSO 14 57 17.6995216128 +11 04 12.432310968   19.44 19.38     ~ 16 0
101 2MASS J15012558+1113565 Sy2 15 01 25.5651629904 +11 13 56.668006452   18.68 18.13     ~ 14 0
102 2MASS J15024310+1115577 Sy1 15 02 43.0888738272 +11 15 57.401412120   19.31 18.98     ~ 54 0
103 [VV2006] J150437.7+541150 QSO 15 04 37.6703825304 +54 11 49.712265384   17.89 17.69     ~ 41 0
104 2MASX J15045234+3214149 Sy2 15 04 52.350 +32 14 15.00           ~ 10 0
105 2MASX J15165924+0517513 Sy2 15 16 59.2405273272 +05 17 51.555037668           ~ 22 0
106 2MASS J15173518+2145327 Sy1 15 17 35.1794304192 +21 45 32.541105456   19.71 19.27     ~ 14 0
107 2MASS J15175734+1144528 Sy1 15 17 57.345 +11 44 52.88   21.02 19.94     ~ 8 0
108 SDSS J151842.95+244026.0 QSO 15 18 42.9468542592 +24 40 26.060145060   20.70 20.34     ~ 16 0
109 2MASS J15211731+0759552 QSO 15 21 17.3027942352 +07 59 55.388379444   19.03 18.75     ~ 16 0
110 2MASS J15232758+2629407 Sy2 15 23 27.5702794968 +26 29 40.742047356   20.49 19.45     ~ 5 0
111 SDSS J152431.41+323750.6 Sy2 15 24 31.3958 +32 37 50.644   22.56 21.87     ~ 10 0
112 NGC 5929 Sy1 15 26 06.1564333536 +41 40 14.384294616   13.0 14.00     ~ 450 0
113 2MASS J15323181+4203428 Sy1 15 32 31.7995161912 +42 03 42.724911492   19.34 18.80     ~ 28 0
114 2MASS J15330139+0705142 Sy1 15 33 01.4321925864 +07 05 13.669192896   19.40 19.11     ~ 6 0
115 SDSS J154107.81+203608.8 QSO 15 41 07.8201564288 +20 36 08.840478852   19.33 19.26     ~ 21 0
116 2MASS J15500959+0808389 BLL 15 50 09.5904503496 +08 08 38.823032472           ~ 9 0
117 2MASX J15561929+0948551 Sy2 15 56 19.2978089376 +09 48 55.465772400           ~ 22 0
118 SDSS J155634.15+105616.7 Sy1 15 56 34.1541293664 +10 56 16.754200008   19.56 19.34     ~ 11 0
119 2MASS J15564598+2418286 Sy1 15 56 45.9825510600 +24 18 28.478164176           ~ 7 0
120 2MASS J16002779+0837433 Sy1 16 00 27.7899520512 +08 37 43.085506908           ~ 11 0
121 2MASS J16043620+5009581 AGN 16 04 36.2133053760 +50 09 58.215204828           ~ 11 0
122 2MASS J16063137+2736435 Sy2 16 06 31.3673173128 +27 36 43.060228668   19.85 18.97     ~ 17 0
123 2MASS J16065957+0835146 Sy1 16 06 59.5753459368 +08 35 14.646326316   19.84 19.00     ~ 5 0
124 2MASS J16102747+1308064 Sy1 16 10 27.4116347568 +13 08 06.829903968   19.87 19.23     ~ 11 0
125 2MASS J16182694+0819508 Bla 16 18 26.9352894792 +08 19 50.738375712   17.70 17.50 15.98   ~ 52 1
126 2MASS J16184793+2159255 BLL 16 18 47.9313639504 +21 59 25.505483964   18.00 17.78 17.2   ~ 27 1
127 2MASS J16234521+0808510 Sy1 16 23 45.2022029616 +08 08 51.063996084   19.91 19.07     ~ 14 0
128 2MASS J16293960+2408559 Sy2 16 29 39.5910996288 +24 08 56.015310660           ~ 7 0
129 2MASS J16305676+1649572 Sy1 16 30 56.7514524528 +16 49 57.080157168           ~ 19 0
130 2MASS J16331602+2627165 Sy2 16 33 16.0411097544 +26 27 16.422717528           ~ 9 0
131 2MASS J16520613+3107075 Sy2 16 52 06.1457800944 +31 07 07.550400720           ~ 12 0
132 SDSS J165603.68+261722.1 QSO 16 56 03.6796098312 +26 17 22.181100432   19.46 19.27     ~ 15 0
133 SDSS J171544.02+600835.4 Sy2 17 15 44.0261370744 +60 08 35.396157336   19.51 18.66 17.07   ~ 59 0
134 2MASS J17193058+2934127 Sy1 17 19 30.5632347024 +29 34 12.842734872   18.43 18.03     ~ 32 0
135 2MASX J17204922+3106462 Sy2 17 20 49.2554849472 +31 06 46.419668100           ~ 9 0
136 2MASS J21044911-0009192 QSO 21 04 49.1318281536 -00 09 19.124483652   19.81 18.94     ~ 12 0
137 LEDA 989436 Sy2 23 04 42.8246931384 -09 33 45.348723216   15.83   14.59   ~ 32 0
138 2dFGRS TGS886Z108 Sy2 23 10 51.9549319608 -09 00 11.962756332   17.372   16.161   ~ 16 0
139 PKS 2330+005 Sy2 23 33 13.1657733024 +00 49 11.776280052   19.64 18.84     ~ 24 0
140 2MASX J23525659+0011552 Sy2 23 52 56.6192615328 +00 11 55.174625448   19.60 18.84     ~ 11 0

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