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AGN Feedback in galaxy groups: a detailed study of X-ray features and diffuse radio emission in IC1262 (1811.05647v1)

Published 14 Nov 2018 in astro-ph.GA and astro-ph.CO

Abstract: This paper reports a systematic search of X-ray cavities, density jumps and shocks in the inter-galactic environment of the galaxy group IC~1262 using {\it Chandra}, GMRT and VLA archival observations. The X-ray imaging analysis reveals a pair of X-ray cavities on the north and south of the X-ray peak, at projected distances of 6.48\,kpc and 6.30\,kpc respectively. Total mechanical power contained in both these cavities is found to be $\sim$12.37$\times 10{42}$ erg~s${-1}$, and compares well with the X-ray luminosity, within the cooling radius, measured to be $\sim 3.29 \times 10{42}$ erg~s${-1}$, suggesting that the mechanical power injected by the central AGN efficiently balances the radiative loss. We detect a previously unknown X-ray cavity at the position of southern radio lobe in the intra-group medium and find a loop of excess X-ray emission extending $\sim$100 kpc southwest from the central galaxy. The X-ray cavity at the position of southern radio lobe probably represents a first generation X-ray cavity. Two surface brightness edges are evident to the west and east$-$north of the center of this group. The radio galaxy at the core of the IC~1262 group is a rare low-redshift ultra-steep radio galaxy, its spectral index being $\alpha! \sim! -1.73$ (including the central AGN) and $\alpha! \sim! -2.08$ (excluding the central AGN). We detect a radio phoenix embedded within the southern radio lobe, for the first time in a poor group, with a spectral index ($\alpha !\leq! -1.92$). The spectral index distribution across the phoenix steepens with increasing distance from its intensity peak.

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