scholarly journals VLA Images of Two Extended Radio Galaxies

2002 ◽  
Vol 199 ◽  
pp. 193-194
Author(s):  
W. Junor ◽  
F. Mantovani ◽  
R. Morganti ◽  
L. Padrielli
Keyword(s):  
Radio Source ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Detection Limits ◽  
Radio Galaxies ◽  
Radio Structure ◽  
Polarization Effects ◽  
Compact Component ◽  
Instrumental Polarization ◽  
Extended Radio

There is some evidence from earlier studies that the two sources 0235 — 197 and 1203 + 043 exhibit low frequency (< 1 GHz) variability. This work shows that both sources have linear polarizations, if any, below the detection limits at 320 MHz, so we cannot explain the variability as being due to instrumental polarization effects as has been suggested for 3C159. Refractive scintillation may be the cause of the variability in 0235—197. The radio source 1203+043 lacks any bright compact component thereby ruling out a refractive scintillation mechanism for its variability. Consequently, it is possible that claims of variability in this source are spurious. However, the 320 MHz VLA observations show that 1203+043 has an ‘X'-shaped radio structure.

scholarly journals Radio Source Evolution Derived from Low Frequency Surveys

2002 ◽  
Vol 199 ◽  
pp. 50-53
Author(s):  
C.A. Jackson ◽  
J.V. Wall
Keyword(s):  
Radio Source ◽  
Luminosity Function ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Radio Galaxies ◽  
Parametric Models ◽  
Radio Luminosity ◽  
Space Density ◽  
Radio Data ◽  
Radio Luminosity Function

We find simple parametric models to describe the space density evolution of radio-loud AGN, treating FRI and FRII radio galaxies separately as the two parent populations in our dual-population unified scheme. In this we use low frequency radio data (v < 500 MHz), where radio samples are unbiased by Doppler beaming. Incorporated into this latest analysis is a new determination of the local radio luminosity function at 1.4 GHz from galaxies common to both the 2dFGRS and NVSS surveys.

scholarly journals The Radio Lobes of Virgo A

1996 ◽  
Vol 175 ◽  
pp. 343-344
Author(s):  
H. Rottmann ◽  
K.-H. Mack ◽  
U. Klein ◽  
R. Wielebinski ◽  
N. Kassim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Faraday Rotation ◽  
Linear Polarization ◽  
Dynamic Range ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Spectral Indices ◽  
Frequency Data ◽  
Polarization Effects ◽  
Instrumental Polarization

In the framework of our multi-frequency study of Virgo A we have performed observations of Vir A at 10.55 GHz with the Effelsberg 100-m telescope. Using our improved CLEAN procedure for single dish data we have increased the dynamic range to some 40 dB.By applying our newly developed polarization CLEANing technique we are able to diminish instrumental polarization effects. Since Faraday rotation is negligible at λ2.8 cm the measured linear polarization is a direct trace of the projected magnetic field in Vir A. In combination with low-frequency data obtained with the VLA it is possible to determine parameters like spectral indices, break frequencies, and spectral ages.

scholarly journals A multiwavelength study of the dual nuclei in Mrk 212

2020 ◽  
Vol 500 (3) ◽  
pp. 3908-3919
Author(s):  
K Rubinur ◽  
P Kharb ◽  
M Das ◽  
P T Rahna ◽  
M Honey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Radio Source ◽  
Galactic Nuclei ◽  
Optical Emission ◽  
Radio Observations ◽  
Radio Structure ◽  
Very Large Array ◽  
Extended Radio ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Double Radio Source ◽  
Tidal Tails

ABSTRACT We present radio observations of the galaxy merger remnant Mrk 212 with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) and the upgraded Giant Meter Radio Telescope (uGMRT). Mrk 212 has two previously known radio sources associated with the two optical nuclei, S1 and S2, with a projected separation of ∼6 kpc, making it a dual active galactic nuclei (AGN) candidate. Our new 15-GHz VLA observations reveal that S1 is a double radio source centred around the optical nucleus; its total extent is ∼750 pc its average 1.4−8.5 GHz spectral index is −0.81 ± 0.06. S1 therefore resembles a compact symmetric object. The 15-GHz VLA image identifies the radio source at S2 to be a compact core. Our radio observations therefore strongly support the presence of a dual AGN in Mrk 212. The optical emission line flux ratios obtained from the Himalayan Chandra Telescope (HCT) observations however, show that S1 and S2 both fall in the AGN + star formation (SF) region of the Baldwin, Philips and Terlevich (BPT) diagram. Weak AGN lying in the SF or AGN + SF intermediate regions in the BPT diagram have indeed been reported in the literature; our sources clearly fall in the same category. We find an extended radio structure in our newly reduced 8.5-GHz-VLA data, that is offset by ∼1 arcsec from the optical nucleus S2. New deep FUV and NUV observations with the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope aboard AstroSat reveal SF knots around S2 as well as kpc-scale tidal tails; the SF knots around S2 coincide with the extended radio structure detected at 8.5 GHz. The radio spectral indices are consistent with SF. Any possible association with the AGN in S2 is unclear at this stage.

scholarly journals Radio Source Counts at Ultra Low Frequencies: Results, Significance and Implication for Observational Cosmology

1995 ◽  
Vol 164 ◽  
pp. 455-455
Author(s):  
K.P. Sokolov
Keyword(s):  
Radio Source ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Space Distribution ◽  
Observational Cosmology ◽  
Radio Sources ◽  
Extragalactic Radio Source ◽  
Low Frequencies ◽  
Extended Radio ◽  
Frequency Source

Analysis of cosmological evolution effects in the low-frequency source counts at 25 MHz obtained with the UTR-2 radio telescope and conclusions on the large-scale extragalactic radio source space distribution are presented. The data require the existence of a decrease in the space distribution of the most distant extended radio sources.

scholarly journals X-Shaped Radio Galaxies and the Nanohertz Gravitational Wave Background

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (A29B) ◽  
pp. 319-320
Author(s):  
David H. Roberts ◽  
Lakshmi Saripalli ◽  
Ravi Subrahmanyan
Keyword(s):  
Gravitational Wave ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
Radio Galaxies ◽  
Radio Sources ◽  
Galaxy Mergers ◽  
Very Large Array ◽  
Extended Radio ◽  
5 Ghz ◽  
Gravitational Wave Background

AbstractCoalescence of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) in galaxy mergers is potentially the dominant contributor to the low frequency gravitational wave background (GWB). It was proposed by Merritt & Ekers that X-shaped radio galaxies are signposts of such coalescences and that their abundance might be used to predict the magnitude of the GWB. Cheung identified a sample of 100 candidate X-shaped radio galaxies using the NRAO FIRST survey; these are small-axial-ratio extended radio sources with off-axis emission. In Roberts et al. we made radio images of 52 of these sources with resolution of about 1 arcsecond using archival Very Large Array data. Fifty-one of the 52 were observed at 1.4 GHz, seven were observed at 1.4 and 5 GHz, and one was observed only at 5 GHz. Our higher resolution VLA images along with FIRST survey images of the sources in the sample reveal that extended extragalactic radio sources with small axial ratios are largely (60%) cases of double radio sources with twin lobes that have off-axis extensions, usually with inversion-symmetric structure. The available radio images indicate that at most 20% of sources might be genuine X-shaped radio sources that could have formed by a restarting of beams in a new direction following an interruption and axis flip. The remaining 20% are in neither of these categories.These images indicate that at most a small fraction of the candidates might be genuine X-shaped radio sources that were formed by a restarting of beams in a new direction following a major merger, or by spin drift caused by BH-BH interaction. This suggests that fewer than 1.3% of extended radio sources appear to be candidates for genuine axis reorientations (“spin flips”), or 2.2% if possible “axis drift” sources are included, much smaller than the 7% suggested by Leahy & Parma. Thus, the associated GWB may be substantially smaller than previous estimates. These results can be used to normalize detailed calculations of the SMBH coalescence rate and the GWB.

scholarly journals Optical Properties of the Radio Source B2 0828+32

1996 ◽  
Vol 175 ◽  
pp. 254-255
Author(s):  
M.-H. Ulrich-Demoulin ◽  
J. Rönnback
Keyword(s):  
Optical Properties ◽  
Radio Source ◽  
Spectral Index ◽  
Surface Brightness ◽  
Gravitational Interaction ◽  
Radio Galaxies ◽  
Host Galaxy ◽  
Radio Structure ◽  
Close Pair ◽  
Different Ages

A small number of radio galaxies have two sets of classical double radio lobes with the radio axes aligned in different directions. Furthermore differences in the properties of the radio lobes such as the surface brightness and spectral index indicate that the two sets of double radio structure have different ages. The radio ejection axis has therefore changed direction with time. In the first two known radio galaxies of this type, 3C 315 and B2 0055+26, the host galaxy is a member of a close pair of ellipticals in a common optical envelope suggesting that the complex radio structure is caused by gravitational interaction.

scholarly journals The eMERLIN and EVN View of FR 0 Radio Galaxies

Galaxies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 106
Author(s):  
Ranieri D. Baldi ◽  
Gabriele Giovannini ◽  
Alessandro Capetti
Keyword(s):  
Radio Galaxy ◽  
Lorentz Factor ◽  
Radio Galaxies ◽  
Relativistic Jets ◽  
Radio Structure ◽  
Extended Radio ◽  
Twin Jets ◽  
Core Components ◽  
Galaxy Population ◽  
5 Ghz

We present the results from high-resolution observations carried out with the eMERLIN UK-array and the European VLBI network (EVN) for a sample of 15 FR 0s, i.e., compact core-dominated radio sources associated with nearby early-type galaxies (ETGs), which represent the bulk of the local radio galaxy population. The 5 GHz eMERLIN observations available for five objects exhibit sub-mJy core components and reveal pc-scale twin jets for four out of five FR 0s once the eMERLIN and JVLA archival visibilities data are combined. The 1.66 GHz EVN observations available for 10 FR 0s display one- and two-sided jetted morphologies and compact cores. The pc-scale core emission contributes, on average, to about one tenth of the total extended radio emission, although we noted an increasing core contribution for flat-/inverted-spectrum sources. We found an unprecedented linear correlation between the pc-scale core luminosity (∼1021.3–1023.6 W Hz−1) and [O III] line luminosity, generally considered as proxy of the accretion power, for a large sample of LINER-type radio-loud low-luminosity active nuclei, all hosted in massive ETGs, which include FR 0s and FR Is. This result represents further evidence of a common jet–disc coupling in FR 0s and FR Is, despite then differing in kpc-scale radio structure. For our objects and for other FR 0 samples reported in the literature, we estimated the jet brightness sidedness ratios, which typically range between one and three. This parameter roughly gauges the jet bulk Lorentz factor Γ, which turns out to range from 1 to 2.5 for most of the sample. This corroborates the scenario that FR 0s are characterized by mildly relativistic jets, possibly as a result of lower-spinning black holes (BHs) than the highly spinning BHs of relativistic-jetted radio galaxies, FR Is.

scholarly journals Spatially resolved studies of extragalactic jets in high redshift radio galaxies

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (S313) ◽  
pp. 231-235
Author(s):  
Leah K. Morabito ◽  
Adam Deller ◽  
J. B. R. Oonk ◽  
Huub Röttgering ◽  
George Miley
Keyword(s):  
High Redshift ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Radio Galaxies ◽  
Radio Sources ◽  
Spatially Resolved ◽  
Long Baseline ◽  
Early Results ◽  
Spectrum Radio ◽  
Extragalactic Jets ◽  
Frequency Survey

AbstractThe correlation between radio spectral steepness and redshift has been successfully used to find high redshift (z ⩾ 2) radio galaxies, but the origin of this relation is unknown. The ultra-steep spectra of high-z radio sources make them ideally suited for studies with the Low Band Antenna of the new Low Frequency Array, which covers 10–80 MHz and has baselines up to about 1300 km. As part of an ongoing survey, we use the longest baselines to map the low-frequency (< 70 MHz) spatial distributions along the jets of 5 bright extended steep spectrum high-z radio sources. From this, we will determine whether the spectra change over these spatially resolved sources, thereby constraining particle acceleration processes. We present early results from our low-frequency survey of ultra-steep spectrum radio galaxies. The first low frequency long baseline images of these objects are presented.

scholarly journals A Novel Method for Estimating the Ambient Medium Density Around Distant Radio Sources from Their Observed Radio Spectra

2021 ◽  
Vol 922 (2) ◽  
pp. 197
Author(s):  
Anna Wójtowicz ◽  
Łukasz Stawarz ◽  
Jerzy Machalski ◽  
Luisa Ostorero
Keyword(s):  
Radio Emission ◽  
Ambient Medium ◽  
Radio Galaxies ◽  
Radiative Properties ◽  
Radio Continuum ◽  
Physical Parameters ◽  
Radio Sources ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Radio Structure ◽  
5 Ghz

Abstract The dynamical evolution and radiative properties of luminous radio galaxies and quasars of the FR II type, are well understood. As a result, through the use of detailed modeling of the observed radio emission of such sources, one can estimate various physical parameters of the systems, including the density of the ambient medium into which the radio structure evolves. This, however, requires rather comprehensive observational information, i.e., sampling the broadband radio continua of the targets at several frequencies, and imaging their radio structures with high resolution. Such observations are, on the other hand, not always available, especially for high-redshift objects. Here, we analyze the best-fit values of the source physical parameters, derived from extensive modeling of the largest currently available sample of FR II radio sources, for which good-quality multiwavelength radio flux measurements could be collected. In the analyzed data set, we notice a significant and nonobvious correlation between the spectral index of the nonthermal radio emission continuum, and density of the ambient medium. We derive the corresponding correlation parameters, and quantify the intrinsic scatter by means of Bayesian analysis. We propose that the discovered correlation could be used as a cosmological tool to estimate the density of ambient medium for large samples of distant radio galaxies. Our method does not require any detailed modeling of individual sources, and relies on limited observational information, namely, the slope of the radio continuum between the rest-frame frequencies 0.4 and 5 GHz, possibly combined with the total linear size of the radio structure.

scholarly journals ENVIRONMENT DENSITY OF A GIANT RADIO STRUCTURE FOR GALAXIES AND QUASARS WITH STEEP RADIO SPECTRA

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-172
Author(s):  
A. P. Miroshnichenko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Low Frequency ◽  
Radio Spectrum ◽  
Power Relation ◽  
Cosmological Evolution ◽  
Inverse Power ◽  
Radio Sources ◽  
Frequency Spectra ◽  
Radio Structure ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Index Value

Purpose: Estimate of the environment density of giant (with the linear size of about megaparsec) radio structures for galaxies and quasars with steep low-frequency spectra taken from the UTR-2 catalogue. Study of the cosmological evolution of environment density of giant radio sources. Determination of dependence of contribution of radio lobes into the emission of giant sources with respect to their environment density. Design/methodology/approach: We use the sample of sources from the UTR-2 catalogue of extragalactic sources to estimate the environment density for giant sources with steep low-frequency spectra. The selection criteria for the examined objects are the following: 1) the spectral index value is equal or larger than 1; 2) the fl ux density of emission at the frequency of 25 MHz is larger than 10 Jy; 3) the sample sources are optically identifi ed. The value of environment density of examined sources is obtained with the assumption of equality of source jet luminosity (at the synchrotron mechanism of radio emission) and its corresponding kinetic luminosity. The analysis of the estimates of environment densities is made for different classes of the sample objects (for galaxies and quasars with linear steep spectra and with break steep spectra). Findings: The estimates of environment density have been derived for giant radio structures formed by the jets of sources with steep spectrum from the UTR-2 catalogue. On the average, the environment density for the quasar structure (~ 10-28 g/sm3) is lesser than the one for the galaxies (~ 10-27 g/sm3 to ~ 10-26 g/sm3). The larger jet environment density is typical for the galaxies and quasars with the break steep spectra than for those with the linear steep spectra. The inverse power relation of the jet environment density and the source redshift (the cosmological evolution of the jet environment density) has been derived. The contribution of jet-related radio lobes into the emission of sources displays the inverse power relation for the environment density of the corresponding radio structures. Conclusions: The mean values of obtained estimates of environment density of giant jets of radio sources with steep low-frequency spectra indicate the lesser environment density of quasar jets than that for the galaxy jets. Giant radio sources with steep low-frequency spectrum (especially, with break steep spectrum) reveal considerable evolution of environment density of jets. The larger contribution of radio lobes (jets) into the emission of sources corresponds to the lesser environment density of sources taken from the UTR-2 catalogue. It can be due to propagation of jets (surrounded by radio lobes) from powerful radio sources to distances of about megaparsec, until the balance of source’s environment density and extragalactic environment density is reached. Key words: steep low-frequency radio spectrum; giant radio structure; jets; radio lobes; galaxies; quasars; environment density

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