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NGC 5580和NGC 5588周围的弥散射电辐射

The diffuse radio emission around NGC 5580 and NGC 5588

F. de Gasperin, H. T. Intema, W. Williams, M. Brüggen, M. Murgia, R. Beck, A. Bonafede

摘要:

星系对NGC 5580和NGC 5588是一个松散的星系群的一部分。它们被陡峭的频谱所包围,扩展的无线电发射以前被认为是星系团中存在的Mpc大小的无线电晕的一个缩小的例子。我们提出了一个多频率的无线电发射的研究,旨在澄清其性质。该源已被观测到的巨型米波射电望远镜在235,325和610兆赫和所获得的图像与档案数据相结合,以涵盖频率范围150-1400兆赫。新的观测结果显示,在NGC 5580的东南部存在第二个较暗的叶。对源的光谱指数研究表明,靠近两个星系的光谱变平(这意味着更年轻的粒子群)。我们认为,扩展的无线电发射是NGC 5580中存在的活动星系核过去活动周期的残留物,因此是位于稠密环境之外的垂死射电星系的一个值得注意的例子。

英文摘要:

The galaxy pair NGC 5580 and NGC 5588 are part of a loose group of galaxies. They are surrounded by steep-spectrum, extended radio emission which was previously suggested to be a down-scaled example of Mpc-size radio haloes present in galaxies clusters. We present a multi-frequency study of the radio-emission aimed to clarify its nature. The source has been observed with the Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope at 235, 325 and 610 MHz and the images obtained were combined with archival data to cover the frequency range 150-1400 MHz. The new observations revealed the presence of a second, fainter lobe on the South-East of NGC 5580. The spectral index study of the source shows a flattening of the spectrum (which implies a younger particle population) close to the two galaxies. We argue that the extended radio emission is the remnant of a past activity cycle of the active galactic nucleus present in NGC 5580 and therefore a notable example of a dying radio galaxy located outside a dense environments.

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