Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2001-02-20
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
10 pages, 6 figures, Latex
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20010238
In order to test the unified scheme for luminous radio galaxies and quasars we observed 10 galaxy/quasar pairs from the 3CR catalogue with ISOPHOT at infrared wavelengths between 5 and 180 micron. Each pair was selected such that both the 178 MHz luminosity and the redshift match as close as possible between the radio galaxy and the quasar in order to minimize effects of cosmic evolution. 13 of the 20 sources were detected in at least one waveband. 12 sources show clear evidence of a thermal bump at FIR wavelength, while in the remaining 7 sources the upper limits are still compatible with the presence of luminous dust emission. In agreement with the predictions of the unified scheme, the quasars and galaxies in our sample cannot be distinguished by their observed mid- and far-infrared properties. This is in contrast to the IRAS results which indicated that radio galaxies radiate significantly less mid- to far-infrared emission than quasars. However, the IRAS samples are dominated by low-redshift sources (z < 0.5), while our sample contains several of the most luminous radio galaxies at redshift z ~ 1. The latter have already been suspected to contain a hidden quasar for other reasons, e.g. an extended emission line region aligned with the radio axis. From the ratio between FIR luminosity emitted by dust and the radio power at 178 MHz, we conclude that the radio galaxy/quasar unification might be perfectly valid for the most luminous 3C sources at high redshift (z > 0.8). At lower redshifts (z < 0.5), however, some of the FRII radio galaxies contain active nuclei which emit less UV-optical continuum than the quasars of similar radio power. (abrigded)
Chini Rolf
Haas Marcel
Klaas Ulrich
Lemke Deitrich
Meisenheimer Klaus
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