X-ray Cluster Associated with the z=1.063 CSS Quasar 3C 186: The Jet is NOT Frustrated

Abstract

We report the Chandra discovery of an X-ray cluster at redshift z = 1.063 associated with the Compact Steep Spectrum radio loud quasar 3C 186 (Q0740+380). Diffuse X-ray emission is detected out to ~120 kpc from the quasar and contains 741+/-40 net counts. The X-ray spectrum of the extended emission shows strong Fe-line emission (EW=412eV) at the quasar redshift and confirms the thermal nature of this diffuse component. We measure a cluster temperature of 5.2(+1.2/-0.9) keV and an X-ray luminosity L(0.5-2 keV) ~ 6e44 erg/sec, which are in agreement with the luminosity-temperature relation for high-redshift clusters. This is the first detection of a bright X-ray cluster around a luminous (L_bol ~1e47 erg/sec) CSS quasar at high redshift and only the fifth z>1 X-ray cluster detected. We find that the CSS radio source is highly overpressured with respect to the thermal cluster medium by about 3 orders of magnitude. This provides direct observational evidence that the radio source is not thermally confined as posited in the ``frustrated'' scenario for CSS sources. Instead, it appears that the radio source may be young and we are observing it at an early stage of its evolution. In that case the radio source could supply the energy into the cluster and potentially prevent its cooling.

arXiv comment17 pages, 13 figures, figures 2, 3a,3b in gif format. ApJ in press

References in corpus (43)

• First Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Determination of Cosmological Parameters
• Energy input from quasars regulates the growth and activity of black holes and their host galaxies
• An Overview of the Performance and Scientific Results from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory (CXO)
• Evolution of Buoyant Bubbles in M87
• Cluster Magnetic Fields
• A deep Chandra observation of the Perseus cluster: shocks and ripples
• The emission line - radio correlation for radio sources using the 7C Redshift Survey
• Sherpa: a Mission-Independent Data Analysis Application
• Determining Central Black Hole Masses in Distant Active Galaxies
• M87 at 90cm: A Different Picture
• The cluster-scale AGN outburst in Hydra A
• Chandra Discovery of a 100 kpc X-ray Jet in PKS 0637--752
• The properties of the X-ray holes in the intracluster medium of the Perseus cluster
• A survey of extended radio jets with Chandra and HST
• Cluster Heating by Viscous Dissipation of Sound Waves
• Proper Motions in Compact Symmetric Objects
• Dating COINS: Kinematic Ages for Compact Symmetric Objects
• On the evolution of young radio-loud AGN
• X-ray Signatures of Evolving Radio Galaxies
• Intermittent radio galaxies and source statistics
• A Chandra Survey of Quasar Jets: First Results
• Interaction of Radio Lobes with the Hot Intracluster Medium: Driving Convective Outflow in Hydra A
• ROSAT X-ray observations of 3CRR radio sources
• Evolution of the cluster X-ray scaling relations since z>0.4
• Chandra Discovery of a 300 kpc X-ray Jet in the GPS Quasar PKS1127-145
• The X-ray -- radio alignment in the z = 2.2 radio galaxy PKS 1138--262
• An XMM-Newton study of the sub-structure in M87's halo
• A deep Chandra observation of the cluster environment of the z=1.786 radio galaxy 3C294
• The XMM--NEWTON Omega Project: I. The X-ray Luminosity - Temperature Relation at z>0.4
• An Overview of the Performance of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory
• Entropy "floor" and effervescent heating of intracluster gas
• Jet propagation and the asymmetries of CSS radio sources
• Drilled by the jet? XMM-Newton discovers a Compton-thick AGN in the GPS galaxy Mkn668
• On the turbulent $\alpha$-disks and the intermittent activity in AGN
• Extended X-ray emission around four 3C quasars at 0.55<z<0.75 observed with Chandra
• Chandra Discovery of an X-ray jet and Extended X-ray Structure in z=0.63 quasar, B2 0738+313
• The Mass, Baryonic Fraction, and X-ray Temperature of the Luminous, High Redshift Cluster of Galaxies, MS0451.6-0305
• Chandra measurements of 3C 220.1's X-ray core and cluster
• Extended X-ray emission at high redshifts: radio galaxies versus clusters
• Infrared photometry of z~1 3C quasars
• Cluster of galaxies around seven radio-loud QSOs at 1<z<1.6: K-band images
• The temperature and distribution of gas in CL 0016+16 measured with XMM-Newton
• The cluster environments of radio-loud quasars at 0.6 < z < 1.1

Cited by in corpus (44)

• Heating Hot Atmospheres with Active Galactic Nuclei
• X-ray Spectroscopy of Cooling Clusters
• Radiative efficiency, variability and Bondi accretion onto massive black holes: from mechanical to quasar feedback in brightest cluster galaxies
• Accretion Disk Model of Short-Timescale Intermittent Activity in Young Radio Sources
• On the Evolution of and High-Energy Emission from GHz-Peaked-Spectrum Sources
• The X-ray Jets of Active Galaxies
• Hot Atmospheres, Cold Gas, AGN Feedback and the Evolution of Early Type Galaxies: a Topical Perspective
• X-ray Properties of the GigaHertz-Peaked and Compact Steep Spectrum Sources
• A Full Year's Chandra Exposure on SDSS Quasars from the Chandra Multiwavelength Project
• Revealing the heavily obscured AGN population of High Redshift 3CRR Sources with Chandra X-ray Observations
• The X-ray luminous cluster underlying the bright radio-quiet quasar H1821+643
• High redshift X-ray cooling-core cluster associated with the luminous radio loud quasar 3C186
• Radio properties of Compact Steep Spectrum and GHz-Peaked Spectrum radio sources
• High redshift FRII radio sources: large-scale X-ray environment
• The eROSITA Final Equatorial-Depth Survey (eFEDS): Galaxy Clusters and Groups in Disguise
• The puzzling case of the radio-loud QSO 3C 186: a gravitational wave recoiling black hole in a young radio source?
• Fermi Large Area Telescope Observations of the Active Galaxy 4C +55.17: Steady, Hard Gamma-Ray Emission and its Implications
• A Chandra Snapshot Survey for 3C Radio Galaxies with redshifts between 0.3 and 0.5
• FIRST-based survey of Compact Steep Spectrum sources, IV. Multifrequency VLBA observations of very compact objects
• A sample of small size compact steep-spectrum radio sources. VLBI images and VLA polarization at 5 GHz
• Extragalactic megahertz-peaked spectrum radio sources at milliarcsecond scales
• The recoiling black hole candidate 3C 186: spatially-resolved quasar feedback and further evidence of a blue-shifted broad line region
• Constraining the spectral age of very asymmetric CSOs
• Galaxy Clusters in the IRAC Dark Field I: Growth of the red sequence
• X-ray emission from GPS and CSS sources
• On the Interaction of the PKS B1358-113 Radio Galaxy with the Abell 1836 Cluster
• High-resolution Observations of Low-luminosity Gigahertz-Peaked Spectrum and Compact Steep Spectrum Sources
• Broad-band Jet Emission in Young and Powerful Radio Sources: the Case of the CSS Quasar 3C 186
• FIRST-based survey of Compact Steep Spectrum sources, III. MERLIN and VLBI observations of subarcsecond-scale objects
• The Clusters Hiding in Plain Sight (CHiPS) survey: Complete sample of extreme BCG clusters
• The X-ray luminous cluster underlying the z = 1.04 quasar PKS1229-021
• Testing for Shock-Heated X-ray Gas Around Compact Steep Spectrum Radio Galaxies
• NOEMA observations support a recoiling black hole in 3C186
• An X-ray cooling-core cluster surrounding a low power Compact Steep Spectrum Radio source 1321+045
• Clusters of Galaxies Masquerading as X-Ray Quasars
• VLBI images at 327 MHz of compact steep spectrum and GHz-peaked spectrum sources from the 3C and PW samples
• The Clusters Hiding in Plain Sight (CHiPS) survey: A first discovery of a massive nearby cluster around PKS1353-341
• The Host Galaxy of the Recoiling Black Hole Candidate in 3C 186: An Old Major Merger Remnant at the Center of a z=1 Cluster
• Jetted subgalactic-size radio sources in merging galaxies -- A jet redirection scenario
• The cluster-central compact steep-spectrum radio galaxy 1321+045
• On the Merging Cluster Abell 578 and Its Central Radio Galaxy 4C +67.13
• The Unusual Weak-Line Quasar PG1407+265 and its Foreground z~0.7 X-ray Cluster
• Chandra X-ray Observatory study of the X-ray emission of PKS 0023-26 and comparison with recent ALMA results
• 1321+045: a Compact Steep Spectrum radio source in a cool-core galaxy cluster