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  • Tengstrand, OlofLinköpings universitet,Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi,Tekniska högskolan (author)

The X-ray view of giga-hertz peaked spectrum radio galaxies

  • Article/chapterEnglish2009

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  • 2009-04-29
  • EDP Sciences,2009
  • printrdacarrier

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  • LIBRIS-ID:oai:DiVA.org:liu-55100
  • https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-55100URI
  • https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811284DOI

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  • Language:English
  • Summary in:English

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  • Context. This paper presents the X-ray properties of a flux- and volume-limited complete sample of 16 giga-hertz peaked spectrum (GPS) galaxies. Aims. This study addresses three basic questions in our understanding of the nature and evolution of GPS sources: a) What is the physical origin of the X-ray emission in GPS galaxies? b) Which physical system is associated with the X-ray obscuration? c) What is the "endpoint" of the evolution of compact radio sources? Methods. We discuss in this paper the results of the X-ray spectral analysis, and compare the X-ray properties of the sample sources with radio observables. Results. We obtain a 100% (94%) detection fraction in the 0.5-2 keV (0.5-10 keV) energy band. GPS galaxy X-ray spectra are typically highly obscured (less than N-H(GPS)greater than = 3 x 10(22) cm(-2); sigma(NH) similar or equal to 0.5 dex). The X-ray column density is larger than the HI column density measured in the radio by a factor 10 to 100. GPS galaxies lie well on the extrapolation to high radio powers of the correlation between radio and X-ray luminosity known in low-luminosity FR I radio galaxies. On the other hand, GPS galaxies exhibit a comparable X-ray luminosity to FR II radio galaxies, notwithstanding their much larger radio luminosity. Conclusions. The X-ray to radio luminosity ratio distribution in our sample is consistent with the bulk of the high-energy emission being produced by the accretion disk, as well as with dynamical models of GPS evolution where X-rays are produced by Compton upscattering of ambient photons. Further support to the former scenario comes from the location of GPS galaxies in the X-ray to O[III] luminosity ratio versus N-H plane. We propose that GPS galaxies are young radio sources, which would reach their full maturity as classical FR II radio galaxies. However, column densities greater than or similar to 10(22) cm(-2) could lead to a significant underestimate of dynamical age determinations based on the hotspot recession velocity measurements.

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  • galaxies: jets; galaxies: active; X-rays: galaxies
  • MEDICINE
  • MEDICIN

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  • Guainazzi, M.ESA (author)
  • Siemiginowska, A.Harvard Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics (author)
  • Fonseca Bonilla, N.ESA (author)
  • Labiano, A.CSIC (author)
  • M. Worrall, D.University of Bristol (author)
  • Grandi, P.INAF (author)
  • Piconcelli, E.INAF (author)
  • Linköpings universitetInstitutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi (creator_code:org_t)

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  • In:Astronomy and Astrophysics: EDP Sciences501:1, s. 89-1020004-63611432-0746

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