A Candidate Binary Black Hole System at z=1.175

Details A Candidate Binary Black Hole System at z=1.175 A Candidate Binary Black Hole System at z=1.175

Jan 2011

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American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #217, #430.12; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011

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We discuss properties of the X-ray source CXOXBJ142607.6+353351 (CXOJ1426+35) which shows double rest-frame optical/UV emission lines, separated spatially by 0.68 arcseconds and in velocity-space by 700 km/s. Emission line ratios in both systems indicate ionization by an AGN continuum, and the double-peaked profile resembles the optical spectrum of many candidate binary AGN. However, other physical processes involving complex gas kinematics may produce the double peaks. To better understand the source, we have also acquired near infrared (NIR) adaptive optics (AO) imaging and NIR slit spectroscopy and have analyzed available archival data. The AO image reveals only a single nucleus, implying that either there is only a single AGN present, or the second AGN is highly obscured. Interestingly, significant obscuration is consistent with the high level of extinction inferred from the X-ray data. CXOJ1426+35 may also represent the case of two narrow line regions (NLRs) present as the result of a recent merger, with each illuminated by a single AGN, or NLR clouds driven by an outflow from an accretion disk. Furthermore, that the source is radio-quiet argues strongly against any sort of jet-cloud interaction. Developing a clear understanding of the physical process producing the complex emission line profiles seen in CXOJ1426+35 and other sources is important to both the search for dual/binary SMBHs and the study of quasar/AGN emission line regions.

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