학술논문

High-spectral-resolution Observations of the Optical Filamentary Nebula Surrounding NGC 1275
Document Type
article
Source
The Astrophysical Journal, Vol 962, Iss 1, p 96 (2024)
Subject
AGN host galaxies
Active galaxies
Brightest cluster galaxies
Filamentary nebulae
Perseus Cluster
Astrophysics
QB460-466
Language
English
ISSN
1538-4357
Abstract
We present new high-spectral-resolution observations ( R = λ /Δ λ = 7000) of the filamentary nebula surrounding NGC 1275, the central galaxy of the Perseus cluster. These observations have been obtained with SITELLE, an imaging Fourier transform spectrometer installed on the Canada–France–Hawai Telescope with a field of view of $11^{\prime} \times 11^{\prime} $ , encapsulating the entire filamentary structure of ionized gas despite its large size of 80 kpc × 50 kpc. Here, we present renewed fluxes, velocities, and velocity dispersion maps that show in great detail the kinematics of the optical nebula at [S ii ] λ 6716, [S ii ] λ 6731, [N ii ] λ 6584, H α (6563 Å), and [N ii ] λ 6548. These maps reveal the existence of a bright flattened disk-shaped structure in the core extending to r ∼10 kpc and dominated by a chaotic velocity field. This structure is located in the wake of X-ray cavities and characterized by a high mean velocity dispersion of 134 km s ^−1 . The disk-shaped structure is surrounded by an extended array of filaments spread out to r ∼ 50 kpc that are 10 times fainter in flux, remarkably quiescent, and have a uniform mean velocity dispersion of 44 km s ^−1 . This stability is puzzling given that the cluster core exhibits several energetic phenomena. Based on these results, we argue that there are two mechanisms that form multiphase gas in clusters of galaxies: a first triggered in the wake of X-ray cavities leading to more turbulent multiphase gas and a second, distinct mechanism, that is gentle and leads to large-scale multiphase gas spreading throughout the core.