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结合LOFAR和DIGITIF资料研究射电星系的生命周期

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

摘要:

位于星系中心的活动星系核(AGN)可以在活动和静止之间循环。描述活动星系核的占空比对于理解它们对宿主星系演化的影响至关重要。对于射电活动星系核,它们的演化阶段可以从形态和光谱特性的组合中确定。我们总结了我们在过去几年中通过研究射电星系在其生命的各个关键阶段,如残余和重新启动的源所获得的结果。我们使用的形态信息来自低频阵列(LOFAR)在150 MHz的图像,结合解决的光谱指数地图,获得使用最近发布的图像在1400 MHz的孔径瓦焦点(APERTURE瓦片)相控阵馈电系统安装在韦斯特博克综合射电望远镜。我们的研究,到目前为止,仅限于洛克曼洞地区,已确定无线电星系的死亡和重新启动阶段。我们发现它们的特性有很大的变化,这与理解它们的进化阶段有关。我们首先量化它们的发生,“开”(活跃)和“关”(垂死)阶段的持续时间,并将结果与射电星系演化的模型进行比较。除了这些极端的阶段,解决光谱指数图像也可以揭示有趣的秘密,显然正常的射电星系的演化。光谱信息可以连接,并用于改善,Fanaroff-Riley分类,我们提出了一个例子,说明了什么样的组合的LOFAR和Ruptif调查现在允许我们做例行的。

英文摘要:

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.

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