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头-尾射电星系的巨米波Radio Telescope观测

Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope Observations of Head-Tail Radio Galaxies

Biny Sebastian, Dharam V. Lal, A. Pramesh Rao

摘要:

我们目前的研究结果的7个大型已知的头-尾射电星系的基础上使用巨型米波射电望远镜在240和610兆赫的观测。这些观测被用来研究无线电形态和频谱指数在源之间的分布。这些源的无线电尾的整体形态是暗示的随机运动的光学主机周围的集群潜力。在几个头尾源中出现的多重弯曲和摆动可能是由于旋进射电喷流的缘故。我们发现陡峭的频谱指数沿无线电尾巴。占主导地位的均分磁场也减少了这些源的无线电尾部。这些陡峭的趋势是由于同步加速器老化的等离子体向尾部的两端。这些样品源的动力学年龄估计为~ 1亿年,这比同步加速器冷却造成的辐射损失的年龄估计值高出6倍。

英文摘要:

We present results from a study of seven large known head-tail radio galaxies based on observations using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope at 240 and 610 MHz. These observations are used to study the radio morphologies and distribution of the spectral indices across the sources. The overall morphology of the radio tails of these sources is suggestive of random motions of the optical host around the cluster potential. The presence of the multiple bends an d wiggles in several head-tail sources is possibly due to the precessing radio jets. We find steepening of the spectral index along the radio tails. The prevailing equipartition magnetic field also decreases a long the radio tails of these sources. These steepening trends are attributed to the synchrotron aging of plasma toward the ends of the tails. The dynamical ages of these sample sources have been estimated to be ~100 Myr, which is a factor of six more than the age estimates from the radiative losses due to synchrotron cooling.

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