The Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect by Cocoons of Radio Galaxies

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1999-02-04

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9902069v2

Astrophys.J. 522 (1999) 66

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Published version, 23 pages with 5 figures

Scientific paper

10.1086/307604

We estimate the deformation of the cosmic microwave background radiation by the hot region (``cocoon'') around a radio galaxy. A simple model is adopted for cocoon evolution while the jet is on, and a model of evolution is constructed after the jet is off. It is found that at low redshift the phase after the jet is off is longer than the lifetime of the jets. The Compton y-parameter generated by cocoons is calculated with a Press-Schechter number density evolution. The resultant value of y is of the same order as the COBE constraint. The Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect due to cocoons could therefore be a significant foreground source of small angular scale anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background radiation.

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