Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-2021
Abstract
A new radio map of the Abell 85 Brightest Cluster Galaxy (BCG) was obtained with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array. With a resolution of 002, this radio image shows two kiloparsec-scale bipolar active galactic nucleus jets emanating from the active galactic nucleus of the A85 BCG. The galaxy core appears as a single entity on the new radio map. It has been assumed that the A85 BCG contained a binary black hole in its core. However, Chandra X-ray data and the new high-resolution radio map show no evidence that the A85 BCG harbors a binary black hole. The assumption that this galaxy contains a binary black hole was based on the analysis of its optical surface brightness profile obtained under poor seeing conditions. We demonstrate how the well-known blurring effects of atmospheric seeing can mimic the effects of a binary supermassive black hole (SMBH). Likewise, SDSS J004150.75–091824.3 was postulated to be "a third" SMBH associated with the BCG. In the optical and X-rays, SDSS J004150.75–091824.3 is a point-like source located ~14'' away from the nucleus of the A85 BCG. A new spectrum of SDSS J004150.75–091824.3, obtained with the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias, reveals that this source is a background quasar at a redshift of z = 1.5603 ± 0.003 and not associated in any way with the A85 cluster.
Recommended Citation
Juan P. Madrid 2021 PASP 133 014101
Publication Title
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
DOI
10.1088/1538-3873/abc901
Comments
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