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Lin, Lihwai; Jing-Hua, Lin; Chin-Hao, Hsu; Fu, Hai; Huang, Song; Sánchez, Sebastián F; Gwyn, Stephen; Gelfand, Joseph D; Cheung, Edmond; Masters, Karen; Peirani, Sébastien; Rujopakarn, Wiphu; Stark, David V; Belfiore, Francesco; Bothwell, M S; Bundy, Kevin; Hagen, Alex; Hao, Lei; Huang, Shan; Law, David; Cheng, Li; Lintott, Chris; Maiolino, Roberto; Roman-Lopes, Alexandre; Wei-Hao, Wang; Xiao, Ting; Yuan, Fangting; Bizyaev, Dmitry; Malanushenko, Elena; Drory, Niv; Fernández-Trincado, J G; Pace, Zach; Pan, Kaike; Thomas, Daniel
arXiv.org, 02/2017Paper
We report the discovery of a mysterious giant \(H_{\alpha}\) blob that is \(\sim 8\) kpc away from the main MaNGA target 1-24145, one component of a dry galaxy merger, identified in the first-year SDSS-IV MaNGA data. The size of the \(H_{\alpha}\) blob is \(\sim\) 3-4 kpc in radius, and the \(H_{\alpha}\) distribution is centrally concentrated. However, there is no optical continuum counterpart in deep broadband images reaching \(\sim\)26.9 mag arcsec\(^{-2}\) in surface brightness. We estimate that the masses of ionized and cold gases are \(3.3 \times 10^{5}\) \(\rm M_{\odot}\) and \(< 1.3 \times 10^{9}\) \(\rm M_{\odot}\), respectively. The emission-line ratios indicate that the \(H_{\alpha}\) blob is photoionized by a combination of massive young stars and AGN. Furthermore, the ionization line ratio decreases from MaNGA 1-24145 to the \(H_{\alpha}\) blob, suggesting that the primary ionizing source may come from MaNGA 1-24145, likely a low-activity AGN. Possible explanations of this \(H_{\alpha}\) blob include AGN outflow, the gas remnant being tidally or ram-pressure stripped from MaNGA 1-24145, or an extremely low surface brightness (LSB) galaxy. However, the stripping scenario is less favoured according to galaxy merger simulations and the morphology of the \(H_{\alpha}\) blob. With the current data, we can not distinguish whether this \(H_{\alpha}\) blob is ejected gas due to a past AGN outburst, or a special category of `ultra-diffuse galaxy' (UDG) interacting with MaNGA 1-24145 that further induces the gas inflow to fuel the AGN in MaNGA 1-24145.
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