Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1998-05-15
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Tex file (24 pages) plus 20 figures (six of the figures - [1, 2, 3a, 10a, 10b, 11] are GIF files to save space. Accepted by A+
Scientific paper
We report here the results of high-resolution and spectral imaging X-ray observations, with both the ROSAT HRI and PSPC, of the field surrounding the nearby Seyfert galaxy IC4329A. Many point sources are detected, the brightest being associated with IC4329A itself, having an extremely bright Lx of 6x10e43erg/s, and spectral properties compatible with a single power-law model, with a spectral break at 0.7keV. Two other bright sources are detected associated with the companion galaxy IC4329, and a likely quasar 14' to the south-west. We have also established, through optical observations, that three further X-ray point sources, intriguingly positioned with respect to IC4329A, are in fact nothing to do with the system. In addition to point source emission, residual, unresolved emission is detected surrounding the IC4329A/IC4329 pair, extending for some 200kpc. This emission appears markedly two-component, comprising of a spectrally hard and smooth component, circularly-distributed about the central galaxy pair, and a spectrally soft, more clumpy component, positioned almost entirely to the south-east of IC4329A. The hard component of the residual emission itself appears two-component, one component being due to the `wings' of the intensely bright IC4329A source, the other, apparently due to hot (~1.5keV) gas, likely associated with the galaxy group of which IC4329A and IC4329 are members. The soft component of the residual emission may be a larger version of the superwinds seen around some ultraluminous far-infrared galaxies, or may even represent a `stripped wake' of intragroup gas. Evidence for shocked gas due to the central IC4329A/IC4329 interaction is also found between the two central galaxies.
Pietsch Wolfgang
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