A spectroscopic study of 14 structures behind Holm15A: Detecting a galaxy group candidate at z=0.58
arXiv:2207.11287 · doi:10.1093/mnras/stac2095
Abstract
Holm15A hosts one of the most massive back holes ever known. Hence, it is important to characterize any structure within its core to avoid any wrong association with its central black hole and, therefore, bias any future study. In this work, we present the first identification and characterization of 14 structures hidden behind the surface brightness of Holm15A. We model and subtract the spectral contribution of Holm15A to obtain the spectral information of these structures. We spectroscopically confirm that the 14 objects found are not associated with Holm15A. Ten objects have a well-defined galaxy spectrum from which we implement a fossil record analysis to reconstruct their past evolution. Nine objects are candidates members to be part of a compact galaxy group at redshift 0.5814. We find past mutual interaction among the group candidates that support the scenario of mutual crossings. Furthermore, the fossil reconstruction of the group candidates brings evidence that at least three different merger trees could assemble the galaxy group. We characterize the properties of the galaxy group from which we estimate a lower limit of the scale and mass of this group. We obtain a scale of 1463 kpc with a dispersion velocity of 622300 km/s. These estimations consider the lensing effects of the gravitational potential of Holm15A. The other five objects were studied individually. We use public archive data of integral field spectroscopic observations from the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer instrument.
14 pages, 12 figures, 2 tables. Accepted for publication in MNRASS
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