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NVSS巨射电星系的发现:射电和红外特性

Discovery of Giant Radio Galaxies from NVSS: Radio & Infrared Properties

Pratik Dabhade, Madhuri Gaikwad, Joydeep Bagchi, M. Pandey-Pommier, Shishir Sankhyayan, Somak Raychaudhury

摘要:

巨射电星系(GRG)是宇宙中最大的天体物理源之一,其总投影线性尺寸约为0.7 Mpc或更大。过去60年的射电天文学研究已经探测到数千个射电星系。但其中只有约300个可以归类为GRG。其巨大的体积和稀有性背后的原因尚不清楚。我们对这些射电巨星进行了系统的搜索,发现了大量的GRG样本。本文报道了在NVSS中发现的25个GRG,红移范围(z)~ 0.07 ~ 0.67。它们的物理尺寸范围从~0.8 Mpc到~4 Mpc。这些GRG中有8个的尺寸大于2 Mpc,这是罕见的。在本文中,我们第一次调查的中红外特性的光主机的GRG和安全地将它们分为各种AGN类型使用WISE中红外颜色。利用无线电和红外数据,观测到四个GRG的宿主是射电大声的类星体,其射电大小可达2 Mpc。这些GRG在早期的搜索中错过了检测,可能是因为它们的高度漫射性,低表面亮度和缺乏光学数据。新的GRG是对现有样本的重要补充,将有助于更好地了解射电巨星的物理特性。

英文摘要:

Giant radio galaxies (GRGs) are one of the largest astrophysical sources in the Universe with an overall projected linear size of ~0.7 Mpc or more. Last six decades of radio astronomy research has led to the detection of thousands of radio galaxies. But only ~ 300 of them can be classified as GRGs. The reasons behind their large size and rarity are unknown. We carried out a systematic search for these radio giants and found a large sample of GRGs. In this paper, we report the discovery of 25 GRGs from NVSS, in the redshift range (z) ~ 0.07 to 0.67. Their physical sizes range from ~0.8 Mpc to ~4 Mpc. Eight of these GRGs have sizes greater than 2Mpc which is a rarity. In this paper, for the first time, we investigate the mid-IR properties of the optical hosts of the GRGs and classify them securely into various AGN types using the WISE mid-IR colours. Using radio and IR data, four of the hosts of GRGs were observed to be radio loud quasars that extend up to 2 Mpc in radio size. These GRGs missed detection in earlier searches possibly because of their highly diffuse nature, low surface brightness and lack of optical data. The new GRGs are a significant addition to the existing sample that will contribute to better understanding of the physical properties of radio giants.

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