Combining LOFAR and Apertif Data for Understanding the Life Cycle of Radio Galaxies
Raffaella Morganti, Nika Jurlin, Tom Oosterloo, Marisa Brienza, Emanuela Orru', Alexander Kutkin, Isabella Prandoni, Elizabeth A. K. Adams, Helga Denes, Kelley … 展开作者
Raffaella Morganti, Nika Jurlin, Tom Oosterloo, Marisa Brienza, Emanuela Orru', Alexander Kutkin, Isabella Prandoni, Elizabeth A. K. Adams, Helga Denes, Kelley M. Hess, Aleksandar Shulevski, Thijs van der Hulst, Jacob Ziemke
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Accepted for publication in the special issue of Galaxies, proceedings of the conference Radio Galaxies in the Cosmic Web. 19 pages, 6 figures
Active galactic nuclei (AGN) at the centres of galaxies can cycle between periods of activity and of quiescence. Characterising the duty-cycle of AGN is crucial for understanding their impact on the evolution of the host galaxy. For radio AGN, their evolutionary stage can be identified from a combination of morphological and spectral properties. We summarise the results we have obtained in the last few years by studying radio galaxies in various crucial phases of their lives, such as remnant and restarted sources. We used morphological information derived from LOw Frequency ARray (LOFAR) images at 150 MHz, combined with resolved spectral indices maps, obtained using recently released images at 1400 MHz from the APERture Tile In Focus (Apertif) phased-array feed system installed on the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope. Our study, limited so far to the Lockman Hole region, has identified radio galaxies in the dying and restarted phases. We found large varieties in their properties, relevant for understanding their evolutionary stage. We started by quantifying their occurrences, the duration of the 'on' (active) and 'off' (dying) phase, and we compared the results with models of the evolution of radio galaxies. In addition to these extreme phases, the resolved spectral index images can also reveal interesting secrets about the evolution of apparently normal radio galaxies. The spectral information can be connected with, and used to improve, the Fanaroff--Riley classification, and we present one example of this, illustrating what the combination of the LOFAR and Apertif surveys now allow us to do routinely.
A population of galaxy-scale jets discovered using LOFAR
来自高光度射电活动星系核的反馈效应在文献中已被广泛讨论,但来自低光度射电活动星系核的反馈还不太清楚。高灵敏度、高角分辨率、大视场望远镜(如LOFAR)的出现,现在首次允许对这种微弱源进行广域研究。利用LOFAR两米巡天(LoTSS)的第一次数据发布,我们报告了我们发现的195个射电星系的人口与150 MHz的光度之间的$3\times10^{22}$和$1.5\times10^{25}\text{ W Hz}^{-1}$和总的无线电发射不大于80千秒差距。这些物体,我们称之为星系尺度喷流(GSJ),足够小,可以直接影响宿主在星系尺度上的演化。我们的样本的典型主机属性的报告,发现9%的主机由螺旋与其余的主机由椭圆星系。其中两个螺旋型的GSJ是非常不寻常的,具有低射电光度和类似FRII的形态。我们的GSJ的主机属性表明,它们是普通的活动星系核在其生命的一个阶段后不久,无线电发射已扩大超出主机的中心区域。根据我们的估计,我们发现,大约有一半的GSJ有内部无线电波瓣能量的ISM能量的一个数量级内,这样,即使忽略任何可能的冲击,GSJ积极能够影响主机的演变。GSJ目前的样本将随着未来LoTSS的发布而增加,也可以为进一步研究低光度射电源的反馈奠定基础。
The diverse morphologies and evolution of low-luminosity edge-brightened radio galaxies
University of Hertfordshire(赫特福德大学);The Open University(开放大学);University of Cambridge(剑桥大学);CSIRO Space and Astronomy, ATNF(澳大利亚联邦科学与工业研究组织空间与天文台,ATNF)
Investigating the spectra and physical nature of galaxy scale jets
以前的研究表明,物理上小,低光度的射电星系,我们称之为星系尺度喷流(GSJ),可能对宿主星系的演化产生重大影响。使用从LOFAR两米巡天(LoTSS DR 1)的第一个版本中拍摄的6角秒分辨率图像,我们确定了9个潜在GSJ的代表性样本,我们使用Karl G. Jansky甚大阵列(VLA)使用这些数据,我们的目标是验证这些来源的GSJ性质,以及调查反馈的潜在作用。我们的VLA图像揭示了结构的多样性,确认了其中四个源的宿主,并发现第五个是第一个已知的星系级遗迹的例子,表明一些射电星系从未超过GSJ阶段。我们还得到了光谱年龄和第一次估计的瓣扩展速度的GSJ。我们发现GSJ的最大光谱年龄为6000万年,大部分在500万年到2000万年之间,这与沿着连接致密源和较大射电星系的进化路径相一致。我们发现波瓣推进速度的几倍,当地的声速,与大多数GSJ预测驾驶强冲击到他们的环境,并有显着的影响主机的演变。我们发现的残余GSJ,最终将其所有的能量直接转移到当地的环境,代表了活动星系核生命周期的一个重要的和以前隐藏的方面。
Wiggling Through the ICM: Multi-Resolution Radio Imaging of a Tailed Radio Galaxy in MACS J1354.6+7715
Durham University(杜伦大学);Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali(印度科学教育研究所莫哈利分校);Institute for Computational Cosmology, Department of Physics, Durham University(杜伦大学物理学院计算宇宙学研究所);National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, TIFR(印度天文物理国家射电中心,塔塔基础研究院);Centre for Space Research, North-West University(西北大学空间研究中心)
SuperMIGHTEE : Spectral Ages of Remnant Radio Galaxy Candidates in the XMM-LSS Field
The Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy (IDIA)(数据密集型天文学跨大学研究所);University of Cape Town(开普敦大学);Physical Research Laboratory(物理研究实验室);National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, TIFR(TIFR国家射电天文中心);Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of the Western Cape(西开普大学物理与天文学系);INAF - Istituto di Radioastronomia(意大利国家天体物理研究所射电天文台)
CosmoDRAGoN III: Shaping the Afterlife -- How Progenitors and Environments Sculpt Radio Galaxy Remnants
University of Tasmania(塔斯马尼亚大学);ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy(荷兰射电天文研究所);University of Hertfordshire(赫特福德大学);CSIRO Space and Astronomy(澳大利亚联邦科学与工业研究组织空间与天文部门);International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, University of Western Australia(西澳大利亚大学国际射电天文研究中心)