2007A&A...469..437K -
Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 469, 437-450 (2007/7-2)
FIRST-based survey of compact steep spectrum sources. V. Milliarcsecond-scale morphology of CSS objects.
KUNERT-BAJRASZEWSKA M. and MARECKI A.
Abstract (from CDS):
Multifrequency VLBA observations of the final group of ten objects in a sample of FIRST-based compact steep spectrum (CSS) sources are presented. The sample was selected to investigate whether objects of this kind could be relics of radio-loud AGNs switched off at very early stages of their evolution or possibly to indicate intermittent activity. Initial observations were made using MERLIN at 5GHz. The sources have now been observed with the VLBA at 1.7, 5 and 8.4GHz in a snapshot mode with phase-referencing. The resulting maps are presented along with unpublished 8.4-GHz VLA images of five sources. Some of the sources discussed here show a complex radio morphology and therefore a complicated past that, in some cases, might indicate intermittent activity. One of the sources studied - 1045+352 - is known as a powerful radio and infrared-luminous broad absorption line (BAL) quasar. It is a young CSS object whose asymmetric two-sided morphology on a scale of several hundred parsecs, extending in two different directions, may suggest intermittent activity. The young age and compact structure of 1045+352 is consistent with the evolution scenario of BAL quasars. It has also been confirmed that the submillimetre flux of 1045+352 can be seriously contaminated by synchrotron emission.
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galaxies: active - galaxies: evolution - quasars: absorption lines
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