التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Relativistic jet feedback - II. Relationship to gigahertz peak spectrum and compact steep spectrum radio galaxies. |
| المؤلفون: |
Bicknell, Geoffrey V., Mukherjee, Dipanjan, Wagner, Alexander Y., Sutherland, Ralph S., Nesvadba, Nicole P. H. |
| المصدر: |
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; Apr2018, Vol. 475 Issue 3, p3493-3501, 9p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
RELATIVISTIC astrophysics, JETS (Nuclear physics), RADIO galaxies, SPECTRUM analysis, GALACTIC evolution |
| مستخلص: |
We propose that Gigahertz Peak Spectrum (GPS) and Compact Steep Spectrum (CSS) radio sources are the signposts of relativistic jet feedback in evolving galaxies. Our simulations of relativistic jets interacting with a warm, inhomogeneous medium, utilizing cloud densities and velocity dispersions in the range derived from optical observations, show that free-free absorption can account for the~GHz peak frequencies and low-frequency power laws inferred from the radio observations. These new computational models replace a power-law model for the free-free optical depth a more fundamental model involving disrupted log-normal distributions of warm gas. One feature of our new models is that at early stages, the low-frequency spectrum is steep but progressively flattens as a result of a broader distribution of optical depths, suggesting that the steep low-frequency spectra discovered by Callingham et al. may possibly be attributed to young sources. We also investigate the inverse correlation between peak frequency and size and find that the initial location on this correlation is determined by the average density of the warm ISM. The simulated sources track this correlation initially but eventually fall below it, indicating the need for a more extended ISM than presently modelled. GPS and CSS sources can potentially provide new insights into the phenomenon of AGN feedback since their peak frequencies and spectra are indicative of the density, turbulent structure, and distribution of gas in the host galaxy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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