2019ApJ...887L..17C -
Astrophys. J., 887, L17-L17 (2019/December-2)
Discovery of a powerful >1061 erg AGN outburst in the distant galaxy cluster SPT-CLJ0528-5300.
CALZADILLA M.S., McDONALD M., BAYLISS M., BENSON B.A., BLEEM L.E., BRODWIN M., EDGE A.C., FLOYD B., GUPTA N., HLAVACEK-LARRONDO J., McNAMARA B.R., REICHARDT C.L. (The SPT Collaboration)
Abstract (from CDS):
We present ∼103 ks of Chandra observations of the galaxy cluster SPT-CLJ0528-5300 (SPT0528, z = 0.768). This cluster harbors the most radio-loud (L1.4GHz = 1.01 x 1033 erg s–1 Hz–1) central active galactic nucleus (AGN) of any cluster in the South Pole Telescope (SPT) Sunyaev-Zeldovich survey with available X-ray data. We find evidence of AGN-inflated cavities in the X-ray emission, which are consistent with the orientation of the jet direction revealed by Australia Telescope Compact Array radio data. The combined probability that two such depressions-each at ∼1.4-1.8σ significance, oriented ∼180° apart and aligned with the jet axis-would occur by chance is 0.1%. At >=1061 erg, the outburst in SPT0528 is among the most energetic known in the universe, and certainly the most powerful known at z > 0.25. This work demonstrates that such powerful outbursts can be detected even in shallow X-ray exposures out to relatively high redshifts (z ∼ 0.8), providing an avenue for studying the evolution of extreme AGN feedback. The ratio of the cavity power (Pcav=(9.4±5.8)×1045 erg s–1) to the cooling luminosity (Lcool = (1.5 ± 0.5) x 1044 erg s–1) for SPT0528 is among the highest measured to date. If, in the future, additional systems are discovered at similar redshifts with equally high Pcav/Lcool ratios, it would imply that the feedback/cooling cycle was not as gentle at high redshifts as in the low-redshift universe.
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Journal keyword(s):
Galaxy clusters - Active galactic nuclei - Radio galaxies - X-ray astronomy
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