A MULTI-WAVELENGTH STUDY OF THE HOST ENVIRONMENT OF SMBHB 4C+37.11

4C+37.11, at z = 0.055, shows two compact radio nuclei, imaged by very long baseline interferometry at 7 mas separation, making it the closest known resolved supermassive black hole binary (SMBHB). An important question is whether this unique object is young and was caught on the way to a gravitatio...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Astrophysical journal 2014-01, Vol.780 (2), p.1-7
Hauptverfasser: Romani, Roger W, man, W R, Jones, Christine, Murray, S S, Readhead, A C, Taylor, Greg B, Zavala, R T
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Zusammenfassung:4C+37.11, at z = 0.055, shows two compact radio nuclei, imaged by very long baseline interferometry at 7 mas separation, making it the closest known resolved supermassive black hole binary (SMBHB). An important question is whether this unique object is young and was caught on the way to a gravitational in-spiral and merger, or has "stalled" at 7 pc. We describe new radio/optical/X-ray observations of the massive host and its surrounding X-ray halo. These data reveal X-ray/optical channels following the radio outflow and large scale edges in the X-ray halo. These structures are promising targets for further study which should elucidate their relationship to the unique SMBHB core.
ISSN:0004-637X
1538-4357
DOI:10.1088/0004-637X/780/2/149