A spatially resolved spectral analysis of giant radio galaxies with MeerKAT

Charlton, K. K. L.; Delhaize, J.; Thorat, K.; Heywood, I.; Jarvis, M. J.; Hardcastle, M. J.; An, F.; Delvecchio, I.; Hale, C. L.; Whittam, I. H.; Brüggen, M.; Marchetti, L.; Morabito, L.; Randriamanakoto, Z.; White, S. V.; Taylor, A. R.

doi:10.1093/mnras/stae2543

Title: A spatially resolved spectral analysis of giant radio galaxies with MeerKAT

Journal Article · 27 November 2024 · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae2543 · OSTI ID:2504002

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ABSTRACT In this study we report the spatially resolved, wideband spectral properties of three giant radio galaxies (GRGs) in the COSMOS field: MGTC J095959.63+024608.6, MGTC J100016.84+015133.0, and MGTC J100022.85+031520.4. One of these galaxies, MGTC J100022.85+031520.4, is reported here for the first time, with a projected linear size of 1.29 Mpc at a redshift of 0.1034. Unlike the other two, it is associated with a brightest cluster galaxy (BCG), making it one of the few GRGs known to inhabit cluster environments. We examine the spectral age distributions of the three GRGs using new MeerKAT UHF-band (544–1088 MHz) observations, and L-band (900–1670 MHz) data from the MeerKAT International GHz Tiered Extragalactic Exploration (MIGHTEE) survey. We test two models of spectral ageing, the Jaffe–Perola and Tribble models, using the Broadband Radio Astronomy Tools (brats) software, and find that they agree well with each other. We estimate the Tribble spectral age for MGTC J095959.63+024608.6 as 68 Myr, for MGTC J100016.84+015133.0 as 47 Myr, and for MGTC J100022.85+031520.4 as 67 Myr. We find significant disagreements between these spectral age estimates and the estimates of the dynamical ages of these GRGs, modelled in cluster and group environments. Our results highlight the need for additional processes that are not accounted for in either the dynamic age or the spectral age estimations.

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Journal Information:: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Journal Name: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 537; ISSN 0035-8711

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