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两个非对称大射电星系的低频研究

A low-frequency study of two asymmetric large radio galaxies

A. Pirya, S. Nandi, D. J. Saikia, M. Singh

摘要:

本文介绍了用巨型米波射电望远镜(GMRT)和甚大射电望远镜阵(VLA)对两个不对称的百万分之一秒尺度射电源进行多频观测的结果。这两个源J1211+743和J1918+742的射电光度在Fanaroff-Riley II类(FRII)范围内,但在星系的一侧有漫射射电分量,而相对的分量出现边缘明亮的突出热点。虽然没有热点会让人联想到FRI射电星系,这表明了一种混合形态,但J1211+743中面向弥散瓣的射电喷流与FRII射电源中的类似,在FR方案中对这些源进行分类时,考虑这些方面也很重要。在这些Mpc尺度的源中观察到的不对称性很可能是内在的,而不是由于取向和相对论运动的影响。J1211+743射电喷流的高耗散性可能是喷流面对喷流形成弥散波瓣的原因。波瓣的低频光谱指数约为-0.8至-1.05,而在外缘,这些指数约为-0.65至-1.05,表明注入光谱指数很陡,这需要通过低频阵列(LOFAR)等望远镜在更低频率下的观测来进一步研究。

英文摘要:

We present the results of multifrequency observations of two asymmetric, Mpc-scale radio sources with the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) and the Very Large Array (VLA). The radio luminosity of these two sources, J1211+743 and J1918+742, are in the Fanaroff-Riley class II (FRII) range, but have diffuse radio components on one side of the galaxy while the opposite component appears edge-brightened with a prominent hot-spot. Although the absence of a hot-spot is reminiscent of FRI radio galaxies, suggesting a hybrid morphology, the radio jet facing the diffuse lobe in J1211+743 is similar to those in FRII radio sources, and it is important to consider these aspects as well while classifying these sources in the FR scheme. The observed asymmetries in these Mpc-scale sources are likely to be largely intrinsic rather than being due to the effects of orientation and relativistic motion. The formation of a diffuse lobe facing the radio jet in J1211+743 is possibly due to the jet being highly dissipative. The low-frequency spectral indices of the lobes are in the range of approximately -0.8 to -1, while at the outer edges these vary from approximately -0.65 to -1.05 suggesting steep injection spectral indices, which need to be examined further from observations at even lower frequencies by telescopes such as the LOw Frequency ARray (LOFAR).

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