2012ApJS..199...27S -
Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 199, 27 (2012/April-0)
ATLBS Extended Source Sample: the evolution in radio source morphology with flux density.
SARIPALLI L., SUBRAHMANYAN R., THORAT K., EKERS R.D., HUNSTEAD R.W., JOHNSTON H.M. and SADLER E.M.
Abstract (from CDS):
Based on the Australia Telescope Low Brightness Survey (ATLBS) we present a sample of extended radio sources and derive morphological properties of faint radio sources. One hundred nineteen radio galaxies form the ATLBS Extended Source Sample (ATLBS-ESS) consisting of all sources exceeding 30'' in extent and integrated flux densities exceeding 1 mJy. We give structural details along with information on galaxy identifications and source classifications. The ATLBS-ESS, unlike samples with higher flux-density limits, has almost equal fractions of FR-I and FR-II radio galaxies, with a large fraction of the FR-I population exhibiting 3C31-type structures. Significant asymmetry in lobe extents appears to be a common occurrence in the ATLBS-ESS FR-I sources compared with FR-II sources. We present a sample of 22 FR-Is at z > 0.5 with good structural information. The detection of several giant radio sources, with size exceeding 0.7 Mpc, at z > 1 suggests that giant radio sources are not less common at high redshifts. The ESS also includes a sample of 28 restarted radio galaxies. The relative abundance of dying and restarting sources is indicative of a model where radio sources undergo episodic activity in which an active phase is followed by a brief dying phase that terminates with restarting of the central activity; in any massive elliptical a few such activity cycles wherein adjacent events blend may constitute the lifetime of a radio source and such bursts of blended activity cycles may be repeated over the age of the host. The ATLBS-ESS includes a 2 Mpc giant radio galaxy with the lowest surface brightness lobes known to date.
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Journal keyword(s):
galaxies: active - radio continuum: general - surveys
VizieR on-line data:
<Available at CDS (J/ApJS/199/27): table1.dat table4.dat>
Nomenclature:
Tables 1-2, 4: ATLBS JHHMM.m+DDMM N=39 added.
Simbad objects:
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