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arxiv: 1311.5520 · v1 · pith:KWAMVKRQnew · submitted 2013-11-18 · 🌌 astro-ph.GA

A Multi-wavelength Study of the Host Environment of SMBHB 4C+37.11

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4C+37.11, at z=0.055 shows two compact radio nuclei, imaged by VLBI at 7mas separation, making it the closest known resolved super-massive black hole binary (SMBHB). An important question is whether this unique object is young, caught on the way to a gravitational in-spiral and merger, or has `stalled' at 7pc. We describe new radio/optical/X-ray observations of the massive host and its surrounding X-ray halo. These data reveal X-ray/optical channels following the radio outflow and large scale edges in the X-ray halo. These structures are promising targets for further study which should elucidate their relationship to the unique SMBHB core.

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