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The radio lobes of the radio galaxy Hercules A contain intriguing ring-like structures concentric with the jet axis. To investigate the occurrence of such features, we have used hydrodynamic simulations of jets with a range of Mach numbers…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Curtis J. Saxton , Geoffrey V. Bicknell , Ralph S. Sutherland

We have mapped the powerful radio galaxy Hercules A at six frequencies spanning 1295 to 8440 MHz using the VLA in all four configurations. Here we discuss the structure revealed in total intensity, spectral index, polarization, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Nectaria A. B. Gizani , J. P. Leahy

We have made ROSAT PSPC and HRI X-ray observations to study the intracluster gas surrounding the powerful radio source Hercules A. The cluster is luminous in X-rays (L_bol = 4.8x10^37 W), and the host of the radio source is the central…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Nectaria A. B. Gizani , J. P. Leahy

We present a detailed analysis of jet activity in the radio galaxy 3C348 at the center of the galaxy cluster Hercules A. We use archival Chandra data to investigate the jet-driven shock front, the radio-faint X-ray cavities, the eastern…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-15 F. Ubertosi , Y. Gong , P. Nulsen , J. P. Leahy , M. Gitti , B. R. McNamara , M. Gaspari , M. Singha , C. O'Dea , S. Baum

In this paper we analyze the peculiar radio structure observed across the central region of the galaxy cluster Abell 585 (z=0.12). In the low-resolution radio maps, this structure appears uniform and diffuse on angular scales of ~3 arcmin,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 M. Jamrozy , Ł Stawarz , V. Marchenko , A. Kuzmicz , M. Ostrowski , C. C. Cheung , M. Sikora

We present deep radio images of the inner 50 kpc of Centaurus A, taken with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) at 90cm. We focus on the Transition Regions between the inner galaxy - including the active nucleus, inner radio lobes,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 Susan G. Neff , Jean A. Eilek , Frazer N. Owen

We present the kpc-scale behaviour of the powerful extragalactic radio source Hercules A and the behaviour of the intracluster gas in which the radio source is situated. We have found that Hercules A exhibits a strong Laing-Garrington…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Nectaria A. B. Gizani , M. A. Garrett , J. P. Leahy

Extragalactic jets are generated as bipolar outflows at the nuclei of active galaxies. Depending on their morphology, they are classified as Fanaroff-Riley type I (centre-brightened) and Fanaroff-Riley type II (edge-brightened) radio jets.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-07 Manel Perucho , Jose López-Miralles , Nectaria A. B. Gizani , José-María Martí , Bia Boccardi

We present U, V, and I-band images of the host galaxy of Hercules A (3C 348) obtained with HST/WFC3/UVIS. We find a network of dusty filaments which are more complex and extended than seen in earlier HST observations. The filaments are…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Christopher P. O'Dea , Stefi A. Baum , Grant R. Tremblay , Preeti Kharb , William D. Cotton , Rick A. Perley

We investigate the X-ray properties of the powerful radio galaxy Hercules A (3C 348) using ROSAT HRI, PSPC and ASCA observations. The ASCA data are well fit by a thermal plasma model with a temperature of about 4.3 keV and abundances 0.4…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Siebert , N. Kawai , W. Brinkmann

The Centaurus A radio galaxy, due to its proximity, presents itself as one of the few systems that allow the study of relativistic jet outflows at sub-parsec distances from the central supermassive black holes, with high signal to noise. We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-12-03 Steve Prabu , Steven J Tingay , Arash Bahramian , James C. A. Miller-Jones , Callan M. Wood , Shane P. O'Sullivan

X-shaped radio galaxies (XRGs) are characterised by two pairs of misaligned lobes, namely the active lobes hosting radio jets and the wings. None of the formation mechanisms proposed so far can exhaustively reproduce the diverse features…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-10-09 L. Bruno , M. Brienza , A. Zanichelli , M. Gitti , F. Ubertosi , K. Rajpurohit , T. Venturi , D. Dallacasa

We study a conspicuous ring-like structure with a radius of about 1.4 degrees which was observed with the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT) at 5 frequencies around 350 MHz. This ring is very prominent in Stokes Q and U, and less…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Haverkorn , P. Katgert , A. G. de Bruyn

We present high-sensitivity follow-up observations of the giant fossil radio lobe in the Ophiuchus galaxy cluster with the upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (uGMRT) in the 125-250 MHz and 300-500 MHz frequency bands. The new data…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-29 Simona Giacintucci , Maxim Markevitch , Tracy Clarke , Daniel R. Wik

We present the results of an Australia Telescope Compact Array 1.4 GHz spectropolarimetric aperture synthesis survey of 34 square degrees centred on Centaurus A - NGC 5128. A catalogue of 1005 extragalactic compact radio sources in the…

We apply magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) modeling to the radio galaxy Hercules A for investigating the jet-driven shock, jet/lobe transition, wiggling, and magnetic field distribution associated with this source. The model consists of magnetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Masanori Nakamura , Ian L. Tregillis , Hui Li , Shengtai Li

Context: The fast rotator, pre-main sequence star AB Dor A is a strong and persistent radio emitter. The extraordinary coronal flaring activity is thought to be the origin of compact radio emission and other associated phenomena as large…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-16 J. B. Climent , J. C. Guirado , R. Azulay , J. M. Marcaide , D. L. Jauncey , J. -F. Lestrade , J. E. Reynolds

Models of radio galaxy physics have been primarily based on high frequency ($\geqslant$1 GHz) observations of their jets, hotspots, and lobes. Without highly resolved low frequency observations, which provide information on older plasma,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-02-15 V. H. Mahatma , A. Basu , M. J. Hardcastle , L. K. Morabito , R. J. van Weeren

Existing radio images of a few X-shaped radio galaxies reveal Z-symmetric morphologies in their weaker secondary lobes which cannot be naturally explained by either the galactic merger or radio-lobe backflow scenarios, the two dominant…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Gopal-Krishna , Peter L. Biermann , Paul J. Wiita
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