Hyperluminous starburst gives up its secrets

Abstract

HATLAS J084933.4+021443 was identified as a dusty starburst via its rest-frame far-IR emission. Multi-frequency imaging and spectroscopy revealed a cluster of four dusty galaxies at $z=2.41$, covering 80 kpc. Here, we use ALMA to confirm a more distant, fifth protocluster member, and present X-ray and rest-frame optical imaging spectroscopy of the brightest, an unlensed hyperluminous IR galaxy (HyLIRG). The data reveal broad H αand bright [N II] lines, and bright X-ray emission, characteristics that betray a Type-1 active galactic nucleus (AGN), strengthening evidence that AGN are ubiquitous amongst HyLIRGs. The accreting black hole is super massive, $M_{\mathrm{bh}}\approx 2\times 10^9$ M${}_{\odot }$, with little intrinsic absorption, $N_{\mathrm{H}}\approx 5\times 10^{21}$ cm${}^{-2}$. The X-ray properties suggest the accretion luminosity rivals that of the starburst, yet it is not obvious where this emerges in its panchromatic spectral energy distribution (SED). We outline three scenarios that could give rise to the observed characteristics, and how we might distinguish between them. In the first, we see the AGN through the host galaxy because of the cavity it excavates. In the others, the AGN is not co-spatial with the starburst, having been ejected via asymmetric gravitational radiation, or having evolved towards the naked quasar phase in an unseen companion.

arXiv comment10 pages; 5 figures; in press at MNRAS

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