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3CR射电星系发射线星云的WFPC2 LRF成像

WFPC2 LRF Imaging of Emission Line Nebulae in 3CR Radio Galaxies

G. C. Privon, C. P. O'Dea, S. A. Baum, D. J. Axon, P. Kharb, C. L. Buchanan, W. Sparks, M. Chiaberge

摘要:

我们提出了HST/WFPC 2线性斜坡滤波器图像的高表面亮度发射线(无论是[OII],[OIII],或H-α +[NII])在80个3CR射电源。我们覆盖高分辨率VLA无线电图像(其中八个是新的档案数据减少)的发射线图像,以检查光学和无线电发射之间的空间关系。我们确认,除了在致密陡谱(CSS)射电星系中,射电和光学发射线结构是一致的弱排列在低红移(z < 0.6),其中的射电源和发射线星云都在银河系尺度上,并在所有的红移强排列。有微弱的趋势,对准发射线星云更明亮,发射线星云的大小增加红移和/或无线电功率。这些结果的结合表明,射电源在这些低红移(z < 0.6)影响发射线星云性质的能力是有限的,但却是真实的。我们的结果是一致的,与以前的建议,机械能和辐射能是负责产生之间的无线电源和发射线气体对齐。

英文摘要:

We present HST/WFPC2 Linear Ramp Filter images of high surface brightness emission lines (either [OII], [OIII], or H-alpha+[NII]) in 80 3CR radio sources. We overlay the emission line images on high resolution VLA radio images (eight of which are new reductions of archival data) in order to examine the spatial relationship between the optical and radio emission. We confirm that the radio and optical emission line structures are consistent with weak alignment at low redshift (z < 0.6) except in the Compact Steep Spectrum (CSS) radio galaxies where both the radio source and the emission line nebulae are on galactic scales and strong alignment is seen at all redshifts. There are weak trends for the aligned emission line nebulae to be more luminous, and for the emission line nebula size to increase with redshift and/or radio power. The combination of these results suggests that there is a limited but real capacity for the radio source to influence the properties of the emission line nebulae at these low redshifts (z < 0.6). Our results are consistent with previous suggestions that both mechanical and radiant energy are responsible for generating alignment between the radio source and emission line gas.

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