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LOFAR发现一个700千秒差距的低红移射电星系残骸

LOFAR discovery of a 700-kpc remnant radio galaxy at low redshift

M. Brienza, L. Godfrey, R. Morganti, N. Vilchez, N. Maddox, M. Murgia, E. Orru, A. Shulevski, P. N. Best, M. Brüggen, J. J. Harwood, M. Jamrozy, M. J. Jarvis, E… 展开作者

M. Brienza, L. Godfrey, R. Morganti, N. Vilchez, N. Maddox, M. Murgia, E. Orru, A. Shulevski, P. N. Best, M. Brüggen, J. J. Harwood, M. Jamrozy, M. J. Jarvis, E. K. Mahony, J. McKean, H. J. A. Röttgering

摘要:

残留的射电星系代表了射电星系演化的最后垂死阶段,其中喷流不再活跃。由于它们在通量有限的样品中的罕见性和识别的困难,这个垂死阶段仍然知之甚少,光度演化在很大程度上不受约束。在这里,我们提出了一个大的(700千秒差距)残余射电星系的发现和详细的分析,具有低表面亮度,已确定在LOFAR图像在150 MHz。通过将LOFAR数据与新的后续Westerbork观测和更高频率的档案数据相结合,我们研究了116至4850 MHz的源形态和光谱特性。通过模拟无线电频谱,我们探测了无线电活动的特征时间尺度。源有一个相对平滑,弥漫,无定形的外观,连同一个非常弱的中央紧凑的核心,这是与位于z=0.051的宿主星系。根据我们的老化和形态分析,很明显,核发动机目前处于关闭状态,或者最多在非常低的功率状态下工作。宿主星系目前正在与另一个星系相互作用,该星系位于15 kpc的投影距离和300 km/s的径向速度偏移处。这种相互作用可能在无线电喷射的触发和/或关闭中发挥了作用。这个残余射电星系的光谱形状与大多数先前确定的残余源不同,这些残余源在低到中频显示陡峭或弯曲的光谱。鉴于这一发现,并在新一代深低频调查的准备,我们讨论了选择标准,用于选择这些来源的代表性样本。

英文摘要:

Remnant radio galaxies represent the final dying phase of radio galaxy evolution, in which the jets are no longer active. Due to their rarity in flux limited samples and the difficulty of identification, this dying phase remains poorly understood and the luminosity evolution largely unconstrained. Here we present the discovery and detailed analysis of a large (700 kpc) remnant radio galaxy with a low surface brightness that has been identified in LOFAR images at 150 MHz. By combining LOFAR data with new follow-up Westerbork observations and archival data at higher frequencies, we investigated the source morphology and spectral properties from 116 to 4850 MHz. By modelling the radio spectrum we probed characteristic timescales of the radio activity. The source has a relatively smooth, diffuse, amorphous appearance together with a very weak central compact core which is associated with the host galaxy located at z=0.051. From our ageing and morphological analysis it is clear that the nuclear engine is currently switched off or, at most, active at a very low power state. The host galaxy is currently interacting with another galaxy located at a projected separation of 15 kpc and a radial velocity offset of 300 km/s. This interaction may have played a role in the triggering and/or shut down of the radio jets. The spectral shape of this remnant radio galaxy differs from the majority of the previously identified remnant sources, which show steep or curved spectra at low to intermediate frequencies. In light of this finding and in preparation for new-generation deep low-frequency surveys, we discuss the selection criteria to be used to select representative samples of these sources.

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