Chandra Observations of the Interacting NGC 4410 Galaxy Group

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2003-07-09

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0307159v1

Astron.J.126:1763,2003

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

27 pages, 14 figures; Accepted by Astronomical Journal; color images at http://www.etsu.edu/physics/bsmith/research/n4410.html

Scientific paper

10.1086/378361

We present high resolution X-ray imaging data from the ACIS-S instrument on the Chandra telescope of the nearby interacting galaxy group NGC 4410. Four galaxies in the inner portion of this group are clearly detected by Chandra, including the peculiar low luminosity radio galaxy NGC 4410A. In addition to a nuclear point source, NGC 4410A contains diffuse X-ray emission, including an X-ray ridge extending out to about 12" (6 kpc) to the northwest of the nucleus. This ridge is coincident with an arc of optical emission-line gas, which has previously been shown to have optical line ratios consistent with shock ionization. This structure may be due to an expanding superbubble of hot gas caused by supernovae and stellar winds or by the active nucleus. The Chandra observations also show four or five possible compact ultra-luminous X-ray (ULX) sources (L(x) >= 10^39 erg/s) associated with NGC 4410A. At least one of these candidate ULXs appears to have a radio counterpart, suggesting that it may be due to an X-ray binary with a stellar-mass black hole, rather than an intermediate mass black hole. In addition, a faint diffuse intragroup X-ray component has been detected between the galaxies (L(x) ~ 10^41 erg/s). This supports the hypothesis that the NGC 4410 group is in the process of evolving via mergers from a spiral-dominated group (which typically have no X-ray-emitting intragroup gas) to an elliptical-dominated group (which often have a substantial intragroup medium).

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