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Winged radio sources are a small sub-class of extragalactic radio sources which display a pair of low surface brightness radio lobes, known as `wings' aligned at a certain angle with the primary jets. Depending on the location of wings,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-04-02 Sabyasachi Pal , Shobha Kumari

We present results from a 49.4 ks Chandra/ACIS-S observation of the nearby ($z$=0.059) X-shaped FRII radio galaxy 3C~403. This is the first Chandra observation of an X-shaped radio galaxy, and one of the goals of this pioneering study is to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 R. P. Kraft , M. J. Hardcastle , D. M. Worrall , S. S. Murray

We discuss obbservations and numerical simulations which show that radiative shocks in jet-cloud collisions can trigger the collapse of intergalactic clouds and subsequent star formation in low luminosity, 'FR-I' type, radio galaxies.

We present a multiwavelength follow-up study of 621 winged radio galaxies (WRGs) recently identified from LoTSS DR2, constituting the largest statistically significant samples of X-shaped (XRGs) and Z-shaped (ZRGs) radio galaxies to date.…

Hybrid Morphology Radio Sources (HyMoRS) are a very rare subclass of radio galaxies with apparent mixed FR morphology, i.e. these galaxies seem to have an FR-I structure on one side of the core and an FR-II structure on the other side of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-09-05 Shobha Kumari , Sabyasachi Pal

Jets from radio galaxies can have dramatic effects on the medium through which they propagate. We review observational evidence for jet-induced star formation in low ('FR-I') and high ('FR-II') luminosity radio galaxies, at low and high…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Wil van Breugel , Chris Fragile , Peter Anninos , Stephen Murray

We announce the discovery of a unique combination of features in a radio source identified with the merger galaxy CGCG 292-057. The radio galaxy both exhibits a highly complex, X-like structure and shows signs of recurrent activity in the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2012-07-05 D. Kozieł-Wierzbowska , M. Jamrozy , S. Zola , G. Stachowski , A. Kuźmicz

We present results from a study of X-shaped sources based on observations using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT). These observations were motivated by our low frequency study of 3C 223.1 (Lal & Rao 2005), an X-shaped radio source,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Dharam Vir Lal , A. Pramesh Rao

New Chandra observations of the giant (0.5 Mpc) radio galaxy 4C23.56 at z = 2.5 show X-rays in a linear structure aligned with its radio emission, but anti-correlated with the detailed radio structure. Consistent with the powerful, high-z…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Katherine Blundell , Andy Fabian

Powerful radio galaxies exist as either compact or extended sources, with the extended sources traditionally classified by their radio morphologies as Fanaroff--Riley (FR) type I and II sources. FRI/II and compact radio galaxies have also…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-04-26 H. Miraghaei , P. N. Best

NGC 326 is one of the most prominent X- or Z-shaped radio galaxies (XRGs/ZRGs) and has been the subject of several studies attempting to explain its morphology through either fluid motions or reorientation of the jet axis. We examine a 100…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 Edmund Hodges-Kluck , Christopher S. Reynolds

Context: The long-standing question concerning jetted subgalactic-size (JSS) radio sources is whether they will evolve into large radio galaxies, die before escaping the host galaxy, or remain indefinitely confined to their compact size.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-03-19 C. Stanghellini , M. Orienti , C. Spingola , A. Zanichelli , D. Dallacasa , P. Cassaro , C. P. O'Dea , S. A. Baum , M. Pérez-Torres

Context. X-shaped radio galaxies (XRGs) exhibit a pair of bright primary lobes and a pair of weak secondary lobes (wings), which are oriented with an angle that gives the structure a cross-like shape. Though several theoretical models have…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-01-08 Luca Bruno , Myriam Gitti , Alessandra Zanichelli , Loretta Gregorini

The physical nature of ultraluminous x-ray sources is uncertain. Stellar mass black holes with beamed radiation and intermediate mass black holes with isotropic radiation are two plausible explanations. We discovered radio emission from an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Philip Kaaret , Stephane Corbel , Andrea H. Prestwich , Andreas Zezas

To investigate the origins of wide-angle tailed radio sources (WATs), we have compiled a sample of these systems in Abell clusters for which X-ray data exist. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the WATs are found to be significantly displaced…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Irini Sakelliou , Michael R. Merrifield

We present a multiwavelength study of the nucleus, environment, jets, and hotspots of the nearby FRII radio galaxy 3C 321, using new and archival data from MERLIN, the VLA, Spitzer, HST, and Chandra. An initially collimated radio jet…

Some X-shaped radio galaxies (XRGs) show a Z-symmetric morphology in the less luminous secondary lobes. Our geometrical arguments strongly support a merger of two galaxies as mechanism for the formation of these sources (ZRG). They also…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Christian Zier

We present a multi-frequency study of the bent-tail radio galaxy J1051+5523, located in the galaxy cluster WHL J105147.4+552309. This wide-angle tail (WAT) galaxy exhibits a complex radio morphology, characterised by a right-angled bend in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-09-23 Sudheesh T. P. , Ruta Kale , Jithesh V. , Ramananda Santra , Ishwara-Chandra C. H. , Joe Jacob

We present a multiwavelength analysis of the prominent active galaxy NGC1365, in particular looking at the radio and X-ray properties of the central regions of the galaxy. We analyse ROSAT observations of NGC1365, and discuss recent ASCA…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Ian R. Stevens , Duncan A. Forbes , Ray P. Norris

A Double-Double Radio Galaxy (DDRG) is defined as consisting of a pair of double radio sources with a common centre. In this paper we present an analytical model in which the peculiar radio structure of DDRGs is caused by an interruption of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Christian R. Kaiser , A. P. Schoenmakers , H. J. A. Rottgering