2025ApJ...979L..48C


Query : 2025ApJ...979L..48C

2025ApJ...979L..48C - Astrophys. J., 979, L48 (2025/February-1)

A Dual Active Black Hole Candidate with Mass Ratio ∼7:1 in a Disk Galaxy.

CAO X., CHEN Y.-M., SHI Y., WANG J., ZHOU Z., BAO M., GU Q., MOISEEV A., HO L.C., WANG L. and ZENG G.

Abstract (from CDS):

Dual active galactic nuclei (AGNs) with comparable masses are commonly witnessed among the major merged galaxies with interaction remnants. Considering almost every massive galaxy is associated with multiple dwarf satellites around it, minor mergers involving galaxies with disproportional stellar masses should be much more common than major mergers, which would naturally lead to black hole (BH) pairs with significantly different masses. However, dual AGNs generated by minor mergers involving one or two dwarf galaxies are exceptionally rare and understudied. Moreover, good estimates of the masses of both BHs are not yet available to test this idea. Here we report the evidence of a dual AGN candidate with mass ratio ∼7:1 located in an undisturbed disk galaxy. We identify the central BH with mass of 9.4 × 106M⊙ from its radio emission as well as AGN-driven galactic-scale biconical outflows. The off-centered BH generates obvious broad and narrow emission-line regions, which gives us a robust estimation of a 1.3 × 106M⊙ BH mass. We explore alternative scenarios for explaining the observational features of this system, including the complex gas kinematics triggered by central AGN activity and dust attenuation of the broad-line region of the central BH, finding that they failed to fully account for the kinematics of both the redshifted off-centered broad and narrow emission-line components.

Abstract Copyright: © 2025. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): Galaxy kinematics - Galactic winds - Galaxy evolution

Simbad objects: 5

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Number of rows : 5
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 Mrk 78 Sy2 07 42 41.7033384240 +65 10 37.447730076   15.57 14.58     ~ 386 3
2 Z 59-39 Sy2 08 04 46.4040459432 +10 46 36.016606848   14.9       ~ 85 0
3 7C 121146.50+294816.00 Sy1 12 14 17.8142672232 +29 31 43.179858912   16.43 15.33     ~ 102 1
4 2MASX J12141820+2931464 Sy2 12 14 18.2531318472 +29 31 46.697238984   16.43 15.33     ~ 18 0
5 NVSS J144515+492604 rG 14 45 15.447 +49 26 05.84           ~ 15 0

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