WEAVE First Light Observations: Origin and Dynamics of the Shock Front in Stephan's Quintet
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2024
We present a detailed study of the large-scale shock front in Stephan's Quintet, a by-product of past and ongoing interactions. Using integral-field spectroscopy from the new William Herschel Telescope Enhanced Area Velocity Explorer (WEAVE), recent 144 MHz observations from the LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey, and archival data from the Very Large Array and JWST, we obtain new measurements of key shock properties and determine its impact on the system. Harnessing the WEAVE large integral field unit's field of view (90 x 78 arcsec(2)), spectral resolution (R similar to 2500), and continuous wavelength coverage across the optical band, we perform robust emission-line modelling and dynamically locate the shock within the multiphase intergalactic medium with higher precision than previously possible. The shocking of the cold gas phase is hypersonic, and comparisons with shock models show that it can readily account for the observed emission-line ratios. In contrast, we demonstrate that the shock is relatively weak in the hot plasma visible in X-rays (with Mach number of M similar to 2-4), making it inefficient at producing the relativistic particles needed to explain the observed synchrotron emission. Instead, we propose that it has led to an adiabatic compression of the medium, which has increased the radio luminosity 10-fold. Comparison of the Balmer line-derived extinction map with the molecular gas and hot dust observed with JWST suggests that pre-existing dust may have survived the collision, allowing the condensation of H-2 - a key channel for dissipating the shock energy.
radio continuum: ISM
galaxies: groups: individual: Stephan's Quintet
galaxies: interactions
techniques: imaging spectroscopy
Författare
Arnaudova
University of Hertfordshire
S. Das
University of Hertfordshire
D. J. B. Smith
University of Hertfordshire
M. J. Hardcastle
University of Hertfordshire
N. Hatch
University of Nottingham
S. C. Trager
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
R. J. Smith
Durham University
A. B. Drake
University of Hertfordshire
J. C. McGarry
University of Hertfordshire
S. Shenoy
University of Hertfordshire
J. P. Stott
Lancaster University
J. H. Knapen
Universidad de la Laguna
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
Kelley Michelle Hess
Chalmers, Rymd-, geo- och miljövetenskap, Onsala rymdobservatorium
K. J. Duncan
University of Edinburgh
A. Gloudemans
NSF's National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory (NOIRLab)
P. N. Best
University of Edinburgh
R. Garcia-Benito
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
R. Kondapally
University of Edinburgh
M. Balcells
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
Isaac Newton Grp Telescopes
Universidad de la Laguna
G. S. Couto
Leibniz-Institut Für Astrophysik Potsdam
D. C. Abrams
Isaac Newton Grp Telescopes
D. Aguado
Universidad de la Laguna
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
J. A. L. Aguerri
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
Universidad de la Laguna
R. Barrena
Universidad de la Laguna
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
C. R. Benn
Isaac Newton Grp Telescopes
T. Bensby
Lunds universitet
S. R. Berlanas
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
Universidad de la Laguna
D. Bettoni
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
D. Cano-Infantes
Isaac Newton Grp Telescopes
R. Carrera
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
P. J. Concepcion
Isaac Newton Grp Telescopes
G. B. Dalton
STFC
University of Oxford
G. D'Ago
University of Cambridge
K. Dee
Isaac Newton Grp Telescopes
L. Dominguez-Palmero
Isaac Newton Grp Telescopes
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
Universidad de la Laguna
J. E. Drew
University College London (UCL)
E. L. Escott
Durham University
C. Farina
Isaac Newton Grp Telescopes
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
Universidad de la Laguna
M. Fossati
Universita' degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
M. Fumagalli
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
Universita' degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca
E. Gafton
Isaac Newton Grp Telescopes
F. J. Gribbin
Isaac Newton Grp Telescopes
S. Hughes
University of Cambridge
A. Iovino
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
S. Jin
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
I. J. Lewis
University of Oxford
M. Longhetti
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
J. Mendez-Abreu
Universidad de la Laguna
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
A. Mercurio
Univ Salerno
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
A. Molaeinezhad
University of Cambridge
E. Molinari
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
M. Monguio
Dribia Data Res SL
Universitat de Barcelona
D. N. A. Murphy
University of Cambridge
S. Pico
Isaac Newton Grp Telescopes
M. M. Pieri
Aix-Marseille Université
A. W. Ridings
Isaac Newton Grp Telescopes
M. Romero-Gomez
Universitat de Barcelona
Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC)
E. Schallig
University of Oxford
T. W. Shimwell
Netherlands Inst Radio Astron
Universiteit Leiden
J. Skvarc
Isaac Newton Grp Telescopes
R. Stuik
NOVA Opt & Infrared Instrumentat Grp ASTRON
Universiteit Leiden
A. Vallenari
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
J. M. van der Hulst
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
N. A. Walton
University of Cambridge
C. C. Worley
University of Cambridge
University of Canterbury
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
0035-8711 (ISSN) 1365-2966 (eISSN)
Vol. 535 3 2269-2290Ämneskategorier (SSIF 2011)
Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi
DOI
10.1093/mnras/stae2235
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