We present a multi-wavelength study of the energetic interaction between the central active galactic nucleus ( AGN ) , the intra-cluster medium , and the optical emission line nebula in the galaxy cluster Sérsic 159-03 .
We use X-ray data from Chandra , high resolution X-ray spectra and UV images from XMM-Newton , H \alpha images from the SOAR telescope , HST optical imaging , and VLA and GMRT radio data .
The cluster center displays signs of powerful AGN feedback , which has cleared the central regions ( r < 7.5 kpc ) of dense , X-ray emitting ICM .
X-ray spectral maps reveal a high pressure ring surrounding the central AGN at a radius of r \sim 15 kpc , indicating an AGN driven weak shock .
The cluster harbors a bright , 44 kpc long H \alpha + [ N ii ] filament extending from the centre of the cD galaxy to the north .
Along the filament , we see low entropy , high metallicity , cooling X-ray gas .
The gas in the filament has most likely been uplifted by ‘ radio mode ’ AGN activity and subsequently stripped from the galaxy due to its relative southward motion .
Because this X-ray gas has been removed from the direct influence of the AGN jets , part of it cools and forms stars as indicated by the observed dust lanes , molecular and ionized emission line nebulae , and the excess UV emission .