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PKS:相对论性喷流的弓形激波?

PKS B1545-321: Bow shocks of a relativistic jet?

V. Safouris, R. Subrahmanyan, G. Bicknell, L. Saripalli

摘要:

敏感的,高分辨率的双双射电星系PKS B1545-321的图像揭示了详细的结构,我们解释了重新启动的喷流与预先存在的残余茧的相互作用的光以前的工作。我们还研究了光源的光谱和偏振特性,光学宿主的颜色分布以及该星系的环境,以了解其物理演化。我们建议,重新启动的射流产生狭窄的弓形激波,内叶是茧等离子体在弓形激波和新的射流材料在终止激波重新加速的混合物。重新启动的喷流的动力学意味着它们的热点以温和的相对论速度前进,外部马赫数至少为5。超音速热点马赫数和明亮的内瓣的存在是卷吸导致预先存在的茧状物的声速降低的结果。PKS B 1545 -321中喷流活动的中断是短暂的-持续时间不到巨型射电源寿命$\sim (0.3-2)\times 10^{8} yr$的百分之几。宿主星系位于一个大尺度射电结构的边界,颜色分布显示蓝色斑块,表明最近的合并,这可能触发了Mpc尺度的射电星系。

英文摘要:

Sensitive, high resolution images of the double-double radio galaxy PKS B1545-321 reveal detailed structure, which we interpret in the light of previous work on the interaction of restarted jets with pre-existing relict cocoons. We have also examined the spectral and polarization properties of the source, the color distribution in the optical host and the environment of this galaxy in order to understand its physical evolution. We propose that the restarted jets generate narrow bow shocks and that the inner lobes are a mixture of cocoon plasma reaccelerated at the bow shock and new jet material reaccelerated at the termination shock. The dynamics of the restarted jets implies that their hot spots advance at mildly relativistic speeds with external Mach numbers of at least 5. The existence of supersonic hot spot Mach numbers and bright inner lobes is the result of entrainment causing a reduction in the sound speed of the pre-existing cocoon. The interruption to jet activity in PKS B1545-321 has been brief - lasting less than a few percent of the lifetime $\sim (0.3-2)\times 10^{8} yr$ of the giant radio source. The host galaxy is located at the boundary of a large scale filamentary structure, and shows blue patches in color distribution indicative of a recent merger, which may have triggered the Mpc-scale radio galaxy.

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