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A horseshoe-shaped ring of diffuse emission detected at 1.4 GHz

Astrophysics of Galaxies 2024-03-20 v2

Abstract

We identify a horseshoe-shaped ring (HSR) of diffuse emission in J1407+0453 from the Faint Images of Radio Sky at Twenty-cm (FIRST) survey using the Very Large Array telescope. An optical galaxy SDSSJ140709.01+045302.1 is present near the limb of the HSR of J1407+0453, with a spectroscopic redshift of z=0.13360z=0.13360. The total extent of the source, including the diffuse emission of J1407+0453, is 65 arcsec (with a physical extent of 160 kpc), whereas the diameter of the HSR is approximately 10 arcsec (25 kpc). The flux density of HSR is \sim47 mJy at 1400 MHz whereas the flux densities of whole diffuse emission of J1407+0453 at 1400 MHz and 150 MHz are 172 mJy and 763 mJy, respectively. We measure the radio luminosity of HSR J1407+0453 as 1.94 ×1024\times 10^{24} W Hz1^{-1} with a spectral index α1501400=0.67\alpha_{150}^{1400}=-0.67. The black hole mass of J1407+0453 is 5.8×108\times10^8 M_{\odot}. We compare the HSR of diffuse emission of J1407+0453 with other discovered diffused circular sources. The possible formation scenarios for J1407+0453 are discussed to understand the nature of the source. We present a spectral index map of J1407+0453 to study the spectral properties of the source.

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@article{arxiv.2312.13298,
  title  = {A horseshoe-shaped ring of diffuse emission detected at 1.4 GHz},
  author = {Shobha Kumari and Sabyasachi Pal},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.13298},
  year   = {2024}
}