The discovery of a z = 0.7092 OH megamaser with the MIGHTEE survey

Author:

Jarvis Matt J12ORCID,Heywood Ian134,Jewell Sophie M15,Deane Roger P67ORCID,Klöckner H-R8,Ponomareva Anastasia A1ORCID,Maddox Natasha9ORCID,Baker Andrew J210,Bianchetti Alessandro1112,Hess Kelley M13,Roberts Hayley1415,Rodighiero Giulia1112ORCID,Ruffa Ilaria16ORCID,Sinigaglia Francesco111217,Varadaraj R G1ORCID,Whittam I H1ORCID,Adams Elizabeth A K1819,Baes Maarten20ORCID,Murphy Eric J21,Pan Hengxing1,Vaccari Mattia222324ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Astrophysics, Department of Physics, University of Oxford , Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK

2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of the Western Cape , Robert Sobukwe Road, 7535 Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa

3. Department of Physics and Electronics, Rhodes University , PO Box 94, Makhanda, 6140, South Africa

4. South African Radio Astronomy Observatory , 2 Fir Street, Black River Park, Observatory, Cape Town 7925, South Africa

5. Institute for Astronomy, Royal Observatory Edinburgh , Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK

6. Wits Centre for Astrophysics, School of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand , 1 Jan Smuts Avenue, Johannesburg, 2000, South Africa

7. Department of Physics, University of Pretoria , Private Bag X20, Pretoria 0028, South Africa

8. Max-Planck Institut für Radioastronomie , Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany

9. School of Physics, H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, Tyndall Avenue, University of Bristol , Bristol, BS8 1TL, UK

10. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , 136 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8019, USA

11. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Università degli Studi di Padova , Vicolo dell’Osservatorio 3, I-35122, Padova, Italy

12. INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova , Vicolo dell’Osservatorio 5, I-35122, Padova, Italy

13. Department of Space, Earth and Environment, Chalmers University of Technology , Onsala Space Observatory, 43992 Onsala, Sweden

14. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota , 116 Church St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA

15. Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics, University of Minnesota , 116 Church St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA

16. Cardiff Hub for Astrophysics Research & Technology, School of Physics & Astronomy, Cardiff University , Queens Buildings, The Parade, Cardiff, CF24 3AA, UK

17. Dèpartment d’Astronomie , Universitè de Genève, Chemin Pegasi 51, 1290, Versoix, Switzerland

18. ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy , Oude Hoogeveesedijk 4,7991 PD Dwingeloo, The Netherlands

19. Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen , PO Box 800, 9700 AV Groningen, The Netherlands

20. Sterrenkundig Observatorium , Universiteit Gent, Krijgslaan 281 S9, B-9000 Gent, Belgium

21. National Radio Astronomy Observatory , 520 Edgemont Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA

22. Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy, Department of Astronomy , University of Cape Town, 7701 Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa

23. Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of the Western Cape , 7535 Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa

24. INAF - Istituto di Radioastronomia , via Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy

Abstract

Abstract We present the discovery of the most distant OH megamaser to be observed in the main lines, using data from the MeerKAT International Giga-Hertz Tiered Extragalactic Exploration (MIGHTEE) survey. At a newly measured redshift of z = 0.7092, the system has strong emission in both the 1665 MHz (L ≈ 2500 L⊙) and 1667 MHz (L ≈ 4.5 × 104 L⊙) transitions, with both narrow and broad components. We interpret the broad line as a high-velocity-dispersion component of the 1667 MHz transition, with velocity v ∼ 330 km s−1 with respect to the systemic velocity. The host galaxy has a stellar mass of M⋆ = 2.95 × 1010 M⊙ and a star-formation rate of SFR = 371 M⊙ yr−1, placing it ∼1.5 dex above the main sequence for star-forming galaxies at this redshift, and can be classified as an ultra-luminous infrared galaxy. Alongside the optical imaging data, which exhibits evidence for a tidal tail, this suggests that the OH megamaser arises from a system that is currently undergoing a merger, which is stimulating star formation and providing the necessary conditions for pumping the OH molecule to saturation. The OHM is likely to be lensed, with a magnification factor of ∼2.5, and perhaps more if the maser emitting region is compact and suitably offset relative to the centroid of its host galaxy’s optical light. This discovery demonstrates that spectral line mapping with the new generation of radio interferometers may provide important information on the cosmic merger history of galaxies.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics

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