Bipolar Blobs as Evidence of Hidden AGN Activities in the Low-mass Galaxies

We report evidence of a hidden black hole (BH) in a low-mass galaxy, MaNGA 9885-9102, and provide a new method to identify active BHs in low-mass galaxies. This galaxy is originally selected from the MaNGA survey with distinctive bipolar H α blobs at the minor axis. The bipolar feature can be associ...

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Published in:	The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Main Authors:	Yao Yao, Enci Wang, Zhicheng He, Zheyu Lin, Yu Rong, Hong-Xin Zhang, Xu Kong
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2024-01-01
Subjects:	Active galactic nuclei Photoionization Disk galaxies H II regions Extragalactic astronomy Star forming regions
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ad6f8c