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We test the hypothesis that environments play a key role in enabling the growth of enormous radio structures spanning more than 700 kpc, an extreme population of radio galaxies called giant radio galaxies (GRGs). To achieve this, we explore…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-02-17 Ting-Wen Lan , J. Xavier Prochaska

Despite their relative sparseness, during the recent years it has become more and more clear that extragalactic radio sources (both AGN and star-forming galaxies) constitute an extremely interesting mix of populations, not only because of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-28 Manuela Magliocchetti

We present multi-frequency VLA observations of two giant quasars, 0437-244 and 1025-229, from the Molonglo Complete Sample. These sources have well-defined FRII radio structure, possible one-sided jets, no significant depolarization between…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 C. H. Ishwara-Chandra , D. J. Saikia

Using the recent INTEGRAL/IBIS and Swift/BAT surveys we have extracted a sample of 64 confirmed plus 3 candidate radio galaxies selected in the soft gamma-ray band. The sample covers all optical classes and is dominated by objects showing a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-07-27 L. Bassani , T. Venturi , M. Molina , A. Malizia , D. Dallacasa , F. Panessa , A. Bazzano , P. Ubertini

Giant radio galaxies (GRGs, giant RGs, or giants) are megaparsec-scale, jet-driven outflows from accretion disks of supermassive black holes, and represent the most extreme pathway by which galaxies can impact the Cosmic Web around them. A…

We report the results of a visual inspection of images of the Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey (RACS) in search of extended radio galaxies (ERG) that reach or exceed linear sizes on the order of one Megaparsec. We searched a contiguous area of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-11-18 Heinz Andernach , Eric F. Jiménez-Andrade , Anthony G. Willis

We present results of a search for giant radio galaxies (GRGs) with a projected largest linear size in excess of 1 Mpc. We designed a computational algorithm to identify contiguous emission regions, large and elongated enough to serve as…

In this paper we investigate how the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) can aid in determining the evolutionary history of active galactic nuclei (AGN) from redshifts z= 0 ->6. Given the vast collecting area of the SKA, it will be sensitive to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Matt J. Jarvis , Steve Rawlings

We present the results of spectroscopic observations of host galaxies of eleven candidate giant radio galaxies (GRGs), powered by active galactic nuclei (AGNs), conducted with the 2-m Himalayan Chandra Telescope (HCT). The primary aim of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-02-11 Sagar Sethi , Pratik Dabhade , K. G. Biju , C. S. Stalin , Marek Jamrozy

Giant radio sources (GRSs) harbor the Universe's largest structures generated by individual galaxies, with projected source sizes exceeding 700 kpc. These enigmatic objects have been mainly studied at radio frequencies, and their physical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-03 Vaidehi S. Paliya , S. Marchesi , X. Zhao , D. J. Saikia , Moumita Pal , Somak Raychaudhury

The intra-cluster and inter-galactic media (ICM, IGM) that pervade the large scale structure of the Universe are known to be magnetised at sub-micro Gauss to micro Gauss levels and to contain cosmic rays (CRs). The acceleration of CRs and…

Giant radio sources form the linear size extreme of the extra-galactic radio source population. Using the WENSS survey, we have selected a complete sample of these sources. We have investigated the properties of their radio structures. We…

We present radio images of two giant quasars from the Molonglo/1Jy sample, and make a comparative study of giant radio sources selected from the literature with 3CR radio sources of smaller sizes to investigate the evolution of giant…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 C. H. Ishwara-Chandra , D. J. Saikia

Measuring the environments of massive galaxies at high redshift is crucial to understanding galaxy evolution and the conditions that gave rise to the distribution of matter we see in the Universe today. While high-$z$ radio galaxies…

We present the results of a search for megaparsec-scale sources in the NVGRC catalog of candidates of giant radio source (GRS) based on the NVSS sky survey. We visually inspected 370 NVGRC sources, as well as radio sources falling within a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-11-04 Olga Zhelenkova , Milena Khoruzhenko

Giant radio galaxies (GRGs) are radio galaxies that have projected linear extents of more than 700 kpc or 1 Mpc, depending on definition. We have carried out a careful visual inspection in search of GRGs of the Bootes LOFAR Deep Field…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-09-14 Marco Simonte , Heinz Andernach , Marcus Brüggen , Dominik Schwarz , Isabella Prandoni , Anthony G. Willis

A problem of the cosmological evolution of the IGM is recalled and a necessity to find distant (z>0.5) giant radio galaxies (GRGs) with the lobe energy densities lower than about 10^{-14} J m^{-3} to solve this problem is emphasized.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 J. Machalski , D. Koziel-Wierzbowska , M. Jamrozy

High-redshift radio galaxies (HzRGs) are some of the rarest objects in the Universe. They are often found to be the most massive galaxies observed at any epoch and are known to harbour active supermassive black holes that give rise to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-10-19 A. Saxena , H. J. A. Rottgering

We report the discovery of one of the largest and most distant Giant Radio Galaxy (GRG) in the Lynx field which was discovered using deep Giant Metre-wave Radio Telescope (GMRT) 150 MHz observations. The core is detected at 150 MHz and also…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-10-18 Biny Sebastian , C. H. Ishwara-Chandra , Ravi Joshi , Yogesh Wadadekar

The missing baryons are usually thought to reside in galaxy filaments as warm-hot intergalactic medium (WHIM). From previous studies, giant radio galaxies are usually associated with galaxy groups, which normally trace the WHIM. We propose…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-01-05 Bo Peng , Ru-Rong Chen , Richard Strom