Extended optical line emitting gas in powerful radio galaxies - Statistical properties and physical conditions

1989 ◽  
Vol 336 ◽  
pp. 681 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefi A. Baum ◽  
Timothy Heckman
Keyword(s):  
Radio Galaxies ◽  
Statistical Properties ◽  
Powerful Radio ◽  
Physical Conditions ◽  
Optical Line

scholarly journals The SINFONI survey of powerful radio galaxies at z ~ 2: Jet-driven AGN feedback during the Quasar Era

2017 ◽  
Vol 599 ◽  
pp. A123 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. P. H. Nesvadba ◽  
C. De Breuck ◽  
M. D. Lehnert ◽  
P. N. Best ◽  
C. Collet
Keyword(s):  
Kinetic Energy ◽  
Interstellar Medium ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
High Redshift ◽  
Radio Galaxies ◽  
Energy Output ◽  
Host Galaxy ◽  
Powerful Radio ◽  
Massive Galaxies ◽  
Gas Kinematics

We present VLT/SINFONI imaging spectroscopy of the rest-frame optical emission lines of warm ionized gas in 33 powerful radio galaxies at redshifts z ≳ 2, which are excellent sites to study the interplay of rapidly accreting active galactic nuclei and the interstellar medium of the host galaxy in the very late formation stages of massive galaxies. Our targets span two orders of magnitude in radio size (2−400 kpc) and kinetic jet energy (a few 1046– almost 1048 erg s-1). All sources have complex gas kinematics with broad line widths up to ~1300 km s-1. About half have bipolar velocity fields with offsets up to 1500 km s-1 and are consistent with global back-to-back outflows. The others have complex velocity distributions, often with multiple abrupt velocity jumps far from the nucleus of the galaxy, and are not associated with a major merger in any obvious way. We present several empirical constraints that show why gas kinematics and radio jets seem to be physically related in all galaxies of the sample. The kinetic energy in the gas from large scale bulk and local outflow or turbulent motion corresponds to a few 10-3 to 10-2 of the kinetic energy output of the radio jet. In galaxies with radio jet power ≳ 1047 erg s-1, the kinetic energy in global back-to-back outflows dominates the total energy budget of the gas, suggesting that bulk motion of outflowing gas encompasses the global interstellar medium. This might be facilitated by the strong gas turbulence, as suggested by recent analytical work. We compare our findings with recent hydrodynamic simulations, and discuss the potential consequences for the subsequent evolution of massive galaxies at high redshift. Compared with recent models of metal enrichment in high-z AGN hosts, we find that the gas-phase metallicities in our galaxies are lower than in most low-z AGN, but nonetheless solar or even super-solar, suggesting that the ISM we see in these galaxies is very similar to the gas from which massive low-redshift galaxies formed most of their stars. This further highlights that we are seeing these galaxies near the end of their active formation phase.

scholarly journals The cluster environments of powerful radio galaxies

1988 ◽  
Vol 230 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. M. Prestage ◽  
J. A. Peacock
Keyword(s):  
Radio Galaxies ◽  
Powerful Radio

scholarly journals The Ejection of QSOs from Galaxies

1989 ◽  
Vol 134 ◽  
pp. 562-564
Author(s):  
G. Burbidge ◽  
A. Hewitt
Keyword(s):  
Radio Galaxies ◽  
Active Galaxies ◽  
Powerful Radio ◽  
Galactic Centers ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
Relativistic Particles

In the 1950s, V.A. Ambartsumian (1958) proposed that galaxies result from explosive processes in galactic centers. Soon after the discovery of powerful radio galaxies in this same period, it became clear that explosive ejection of gas and relativistic particles was a common feature of active galaxies (Burbidge, Burbidge and Sandage 1963).

scholarly journals A DETAILED STUDY OF THE LOBES OF ELEVEN POWERFUL RADIO GALAXIES

2010 ◽  
Vol 187 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth A. Daly ◽  
Preeti Kharb ◽  
Christopher P. O'Dea ◽  
Stefi A. Baum ◽  
Matthew P. Mory ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Radio Galaxies ◽  
Powerful Radio

scholarly journals The Milliarcsecond Structure of Active Galactic Nuclei Observed with VLBI

1989 ◽  
Vol 134 ◽  
pp. 525-528
Author(s):  
T. J. Pearson ◽  
A. C. S. Readhead
Keyword(s):  
Active Galactic Nuclei ◽  
Very Long Baseline Interferometry ◽  
Galactic Nuclei ◽  
Radio Galaxies ◽  
Relativistic Motion ◽  
Powerful Radio ◽  
Long Baseline ◽  
Vlbi Observations ◽  
Central Engine

Very Long Baseline Interferometry at radio wavelengths is the only technique available for imaging the central few parsecs of powerful radio galaxies and quasars. VLBI observations have shown that in many nuclei radio-emitting material is collimated into a jet on a scale less than a parsec and ejected at relativistic velocities. The interpretation of the observations is complicated by the relativistic motion, however: the images are dominated by those parts of the source that are moving almost directly towards the observer, and thus amplified by relativistic aberration. Nonetheless, the VLBI images are vital for understanding the nature of the central engine, the cause of the collimation, and the physics of the jets.

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