Structure and polarization of jets in the giant radio galaxy NGC 315

Details Structure and polarization of jets in the giant radio galaxy NGC 315 Structure and polarization of jets in the giant radio galaxy NGC 315

Feb 1979

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters to the Editor, vol. 228, Feb. 15, 1979, p. L9-L14. Research supported by the National Re

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

81

Galactic Structure, Linear Polarization, Plasma Jets, Radio Galaxies, Radio Sources (Astronomy), Astronomical Maps, Collimation, Elliptical Galaxies, Energy Transfer, Fine Structure, High Resolution, Radio Emission, Radio Telescopes

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The giant (about 1.7 Mpc) radio galaxy NGC 315 has been mapped at 610 MHz using the WSRT, and at 1465 and 4885 MHz, using the VLA. A curved highly polarized radio jet links the unresolved source in the galactic core to the peak of a resolved lobe about 500 kpc northwest of the galaxy. A weaker and less collimated counterjet points from the core toward the peak of a more diffuse lobe about 1 Mpc southeast of the galaxy. The total intensity of each jet decreases with distance from NGC 315, while their degrees of linear polarization both increase. The jets are not straight, but change direction by approximately + or - 10 deg on scales of about 30 Kpc. The brighter jet also becomes more collimated after traveling some 30 kpc from the galactic nucleus. The implications of these results for relativistic-beam models of energy transfer in extended radio galaxies are briefly considered.

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