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0.03 < z < 0.5时2 Jy射电源的宿主星系的近红外研究:I -数据

A near-IR study of the host galaxies of 2Jy radio sources at 0.03 < z < 0.5: I - the data

Katherine J. Inskip, Clive N. Tadhunter, Raffaella Morganti, Joanna Holt, Cristina Ramos Almeida, Dan Dicken

摘要:

本文给出了一个2 Jy射电星系的K波段和KS波段成像的结果,其中红移为0.03 < z < 0.5,利用GALFIT方法确定了宿主星系的形态和结构参数(有效半径、Sersic指数和未分辨核点源贡献)。我们的样本中有三分之二最好被模拟为由Sersic指数n=4-6的大质量椭圆星系所承载,其余的则更适合由形态成分的混合物(通常是一个凸起加上一个小的,不太明亮的盘状成分)或n=1-2的更多盘状星系模型。我们测量的星系大小通常与其他空间和地面成像程序非常一致。我们还确定了一个略高的平均核点源的贡献比类似的HST为基础的计划。这是由于我们无法将活动星系核发射从致密的环绕核恒星发射中分离出来,但这并不影响我们对宿主星系其余部分的建模,我们的结果仍然很可靠。我们还观察到,在我们的样本中,大约有一半的物体正在经历主要或次要的合并活动,或者在形态上受到明显的干扰。

英文摘要:

We present the results of a program of K- and Ks-band imaging of a sample of 2Jy radio galaxies with redshifts 0.03 < z < 0.5, for which the host galaxy morphologies and structural parameters (effective radius, Sersic index and unresolved nuclear point source contribution) have been determined using GALFIT. Two-thirds of our sample are best modelled as being hosted by massive elliptical galaxies with Sersic indices of n=4-6, with the remainder being better suited either by a mixture of morphological components (usually a bulge plus a small, less luminous, disk component) or by more disky galaxy models with n=1-2. Our measured galaxy sizes are generally in very good agreement with other imaging programs, both space- and ground-based. We also determine a slightly higher average nuclear point source contribution than similar HST-based programs. This is due to our inability to separate the AGN emission from compact circum-nuclear stellar emission, but does not bias our modelling of the remainder of the host galaxies and our results remain robust. We also observe that roughly half of the objects in our sample are either undergoing major or minor merger activity or are clearly morphologically disturbed.

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