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A Potential Recoiling Supermassive Black Hole CXO J101527.2+625911

Astrophysics of Galaxies 2017-05-24 v1

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 (1.26±\pm0.05 kpc) active SMBH and kinematically offset broad emission lines (175±\pm25 km s1^{\rm -1} 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 Hα\alpha 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