Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/2248/1729
Title: The AGN and gas disk in the low surface brightness galaxy PGC045080
Authors: Das, M
Kantharia, N
Ramya, S
Prabhu, T. P
McGaugh, S. S
Vogel, S. N
Keywords: Galaxies: spiral
Galaxies:individual
Galaxies: nuclei
Galaxies: active
Galaxies: jets
Galaxies: ISM
Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics
Issue Date: Jul-2007
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
Citation: Monthly Notices of Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 379, No. 1, pp. 11 - 20
Abstract: We present radio observations and optical spectroscopy of the giant low surface brightness (LSB) galaxy PGC 045080 (or 1300+0144). PGC 045080 is a moderately distant galaxy having a highly inclined optical disc and massive H i gas content. Radio continuum observations of the galaxy were carried out at 320, 610 MHz and 1.4 GHz. Continuum emission was detected and mapped in the galaxy. The emission appears extended over the inner disc at all three frequencies. At 1.4 GHz and 610 MHz it appears to have two distinct lobes. We also did optical spectroscopy of the galaxy nucleus; the spectrum did not show any strong emission lines associated with active galactic nucleus (AGN) activity but the presence of a weak AGN cannot be ruled out. Furthermore, comparison of the Hα flux and radio continuum at 1.4 GHz suggests that a significant fraction of the emission is non-thermal in nature. Hence we conclude that a weak or hidden AGN may be present in PGC 045080. The extended radio emission represents lobes/jets from the AGN. These observations show that although LSB galaxies are metal poor and have very little star formation, their centres can host significant AGN activity. We also mapped the H i gas disc and velocity field in PGC 045080. The H i disc extends well beyond the optical disc and appears warped. In the H i intensity maps, the disc appears distinctly lopsided. The velocity field is disturbed on the lopsided side of the disc but is fairly uniform in the other half. We derived the H i rotation curve for the galaxy from the velocity field. The rotation curve has a flat rotation speed of 190 km s(-1).
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2248/1729
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