SDSS J0849+1114 explained

SDSS J0849+1114
Epoch:J2000.0
Constellation Name:Cancer
Z:0.077447
H Radial V:23,818 km/s
Dist Ly:1.059 Gly (325 Mpc)
Appmag V:0.10
Appmag B:0.14
Sbrightness:16.66
Notes:triple active galactic nucleus
Names:SDSS J084905.51+111447.2, IRAS 08463+1126, LEDA 1390839, NVSS J084905+111448

SDSS J0849+1114 (SDSS J084905.51+111447.2) is a late-stage galaxy merger forming from a trio of galaxies located in the constellation of Cancer. At the redshift of 0.077, they are located 1.06 billion light-years from Earth.[1] First discovered as a triple active galactic nucleus (AGN) candidate in a Sloan Digital Sky Survey study published in 2011,[2] they received significant attention when astronomers discovered it harbors three supermassive black holes in its center.[3]

Characteristics

SDSS J0849+1114 is made up of three closely spaced interacting spiral galaxies, all showing signs of distortion. It has tidal tail features indicative of a late-stage merger.[4] [5] The nuclei in SDSS J0849+1114 are considered active and the galaxies classified as type 2 Seyferts according to long-slit spectroscopy observations from Apache Point Observatory.[6] [7] A study also mentions out of the triple AGN candidates studied, SDSS J0849+1114 is also the first known triple Seyfert nucleus.[8] In addition, they are classified as luminous infrared galaxies with luminosity of 8-1000 μm.

According to a study published in 2022, the primary nucleus of SDSS J0849+1114 is more powerful compared to the secondary and tertiary nuclei. Further evidence also points out it has a double-sided jet with its orientation changing by 20 degrees, explaining the angular momentum of the black hole might be changed by a merger-enhanced accretion. The secondary nucleus shows absence of radio emission at all frequencies while the tertiary nucleus also has a two-sided jet but shown enlarging a radio lobe. Based on the internal energy of the lobe, it is estimated 5.0 × 1055 erg.[9] Furthermore, the three nuclei showed extended disc and budge components which the two showed signs of tidal stripping by the main nucleus.

Supermassive black holes

The three supermassive black holes in SDSS J0849+1114 are found colliding together with a separation gap of only between 10,000 and 30,000 light-years.[10] All of them are surrounded by dusty structures and each of the black holes have a mass of ~1011.3, 106.4 and 106.7 respectively. According to Chandra and NuSTAR observations, one of the black holes showed large quantities of interstellar matter surrounding its torus. It is estimated that the black holes from the merging galaxies will form a gravitationally bound triple black hole system within a few billion years.

References

  1. Web site: Your NED Search Results . 2024-09-17 . ned.ipac.caltech.edu . 2024-09-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240917114936/https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?search_type=Obj_id&objid=101538&objname=1&img_stamp=YES&hconst=73.0&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1 . live .
  2. Liu . Xin . Shen . Yue . Strauss . Michael A. . Hao . Lei . 2011-08-01 . Active Galactic Nucleus Pairs from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. I. The Frequency on ~5-100 kpc Scales . The Astrophysical Journal . 737 . 2 . 101 . 10.1088/0004-637X/737/2/101 . 1104.0950 . 2011ApJ...737..101L . 0004-637X . 2024-09-17 . 2023-11-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231115102747/https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...737..101L/abstract . live .
  3. Web site: Chandra :: Photo Album :: SDSS J0849+1114 :: September 25, 2019 . 2024-09-17 . chandra.harvard.edu.
  4. Pfeifle . Ryan W. . Satyapal . Shobita . Manzano-King . Christina . Cann . Jenna . Sexton . Remington O. . Rothberg . Barry . Canalizo . Gabriela . Ricci . Claudio . Blecha . Laura . Ellison . Sara L. . Gliozzi . Mario . Secrest . Nathan J. . Constantin . Anca . Harvey . Jenna B. . October 1, 2019 . A Triple AGN in a Mid-infrared Selected Late-stage Galaxy Merger . The Astrophysical Journal . en . 883 . 2 . 167 . 10.3847/1538-4357/ab3a9b . free . 1908.01732 . 2019ApJ...883..167P . 0004-637X.
  5. Pfeifle . Ryan W. . Satyapal . Shobita . Secrest . Nathan J. . Gliozzi . Mario . Ricci . Claudio . Ellison . Sara L. . Rothberg . Barry . Cann . Jenna . Blecha . Laura . Williams . James K. . Constantin . Anca . 2019-04-20 . Buried Black Hole Growth in IR-selected Mergers: New Results from Chandra . The Astrophysical Journal . 875 . 2 . 117 . 10.3847/1538-4357/ab07bc . free . 1904.10955 . 2019ApJ...875..117P . 0004-637X.
  6. Gabányi . K. É . Frey . S. . Satyapal . S. . Constantin . A. . Pfeifle . R. W. . 2019-10-01 . Very long baseline interferometry observation of the triple AGN candidate J0849+1114 . Astronomy & Astrophysics . en . 630 . L5 . 10.1051/0004-6361/201936519 . 1909.03259 . 2019A&A...630L...5G . 0004-6361 . 2024-09-17 . 2024-09-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240917124951/https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2019/10/aa36519-19/aa36519-19.html . live .
  7. Foord . Adi . Gültekin . Kayhan . Runnoe . Jessie C. . Koss . Michael J. . 2021-02-01 . AGN Triality of Triple Mergers: Multiwavelength Classifications . The Astrophysical Journal . 907 . 2 . 72 . 10.3847/1538-4357/abce5e . free . 2012.00769 . 2021ApJ...907...72F . 0004-637X.
  8. Liu . Xin . Hou . Meicun . Li . Zhiyuan . Nyland . Kristina . Guo . Hengxiao . Kong . Minzhi . Shen . Yue . Wrobel . Joan M. . Peng . Sijia . 2019-12-10 . A Trio of Massive Black Holes Caught in the Act of Merging* . The Astrophysical Journal . 887 . 1 . 90 . 10.3847/1538-4357/ab54c3 . free . 1907.10639 . 2019ApJ...887...90L . 0004-637X.
  9. Peng . Sijia . Li . Zhiyuan . Liu . Xin . Nyland . Kristina . Wrobel . Joan M. . Hou . Meicun . July 27, 2022 . Very Large Array Multiband Radio Imaging of the Triple AGN Candidate SDSS J0849+1114 . The Astrophysical Journal . en . 934 . 1 . 89 . 10.3847/1538-4357/ac7c18 . free . 2206.14705 . 2022ApJ...934...89P . 0004-637X.
  10. Web site: Mike Wall . 2019-09-26 . Rare Discovery! 3 Monster Black Holes Are About to Collide . 2024-09-17 . Space.com . en . 2024-09-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240917114937/https://www.space.com/three-supermassive-black-holes-collision-discovery-photo-video.html . live .

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