Hubble Space Telescope Imaging of the Poststarburst Quasar UN J1025−0040: Evidence for Recent Star Formation

Hubble Space Telescope Imaging of the Poststarburst Quasar UN J1025−0040: Evidence for Recent Star Formation
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哈勃太空望远镜对星暴后类星体的成像 UN J1025−0040:近期恒星形成的证据

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2002
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T. Shanks
T. Shanks
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M. Brotherton;M. Grabelsky;G. Canalizo;W. V. van Breugel;A. Filippenko;S. Croom;B. Boyle;T. Shanks

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我们展示了新的哈勃太空望远镜 (HST) 广域行星相机拍摄的星暴后类星体 UN J1025−0040 的图像,其中包含一个活跃的银河核 (AGN) 和一个具有相似辐射光度 (∼1011.6 L⊙) 的 400 Myr 旧核星暴。 F450W 和 F814W 图像解析了星暴中的 AGN,并显示大部分星光 (∼ 6 × 1010 M⊙) 包含在约 600 pc 的中心半径内,并且在这个尺度上缺乏清晰的形态结构。将每个图像中的点源光与 AGN 贡献等同起来,我们确定了 AGN 与星暴光的比率。该比率在红色 F814W 图像中为 69%,与我们之前的光谱分析一致,但在蓝色 F450W 图像中≤50%,而我们预测为 76%。 HST 图像与之前的光度测定结果一致,排除了导致此结果的变异性(活动星系核褪色)的可能性。如果存在先前未知的年轻恒星种群(40 迈尔或更年轻),其质量高达 400 迈尔老恒星种群质量的 10%,我们就可以解释这些新数据。这种较年轻的星暴可能代表了当前核活动的触发因素。 UN J1025−0040 及其伴星系中看到的多个星暴年龄表明了复杂的相互作用和恒星形成历史。
We present new Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Wide Field Planetary Camera images of the poststarburst quasar UN J1025−0040, which contains both an active galactic nucleus (AGN) and a 400 Myr old nuclear starburst of similar bolometric luminosity (∼1011.6 L⊙). The F450W and F814W images resolve the AGN from the starburst and show that the bulk of the starlight (∼ 6 × 1010 M⊙) is contained within a central radius of about 600 pc and lacks clear morphological structures at this scale. Equating the point‐source light in each image with the AGN contribution, we determined the ratio of AGN‐to‐starburst light. This ratio is 69% in the red F814W image, consistent with our previous spectral analysis, but ≤50% in the blue F450W image, whereas we had predicted 76%. The HST images are consistent with previous photometry, ruling out variability (a fading AGN) as a cause for this result. We can explain the new data if there is a previously unknown young stellar population present, 40 Myr or younger, with as much as 10% of the mass of the dominant 400 Myr old population. This younger starburst may represent the trigger for the current nuclear activity. The multiple starburst ages seen in UN J1025−0040 and its companion galaxy indicate a complex interaction and star formation history.