A Potential Recoiling Supermassive Black Hole CXO J101527.2+625911
Abstract
We have carried out a systematic search for recoiling supermassive black holes (rSMBH) using the Chandra Source and SDSS Cross Matched Catalog. From the survey, we have detected a potential rSMBH, 'CXO J101527.2+625911' at z=0.3504. The CXO J101527.2+625911 has a spatially offset (1.260.05 kpc) active SMBH and kinematically offset broad emission lines (17525 km s relative to systemic velocity). The observed spatial and velocity offsets suggest this galaxy could be a rSMBH, but we also have considered a possibility of dual SMBH scenario. The column density towards the galaxy center was found to be Compton thin, but no X-ray source was detected. The non-detection of the X-ray source in the nucleus suggests either there is no obscured actively accreting SMBH, or there exists an SMBH but has a low accretion rate (i.e. low-luminosity AGN (LLAGN)). The possibility of the LLAGN was investigated and found to be unlikely based on the H luminosity, radio power, and kinematic arguments. This, along with the null detection of X-ray source in the nucleus supports our hypothesis that the CXO J101527.2+625911 is a rSMBH. Our GALFIT analysis shows the host galaxy to be a bulge-dominated elliptical. The weak morphological disturbance and small spatial and velocity offsets suggest that CXO J101527.2+625911 could be in the final stage of merging process and about to turn into a normal elliptical galaxy.
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@article{arxiv.1704.05549,
title = {A Potential Recoiling Supermassive Black Hole CXO J101527.2+625911},
author = {D. -C. Kim and Ilsang Yoon and G. C. Privon and A. S. Evans and D. Harvey and S. Stierwalt and Ji Hoon Kim},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1704.05549},
year = {2017}
}
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ApJ accepted