A close look at compact triple radio sources

Details A close look at compact triple radio sources A close look at compact triple radio sources

2008-10-27

arxiv.org/abs/0810.4779v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

3 pages, 2 figures. To appear in the proceedings of the 9th European VLBI Network Symposium on "The role of VLBI in the Golden

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We show an archival 1.4-GHz Very Large Array (VLA) image of the core-dominated triple (CDT) radio source J1628+3906, along with a recent high-resolution 5-GHz Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) image of its core. This core is resolved into two nearly symmetric components at ~10 milli-arcsecond (mas) angular scale. The inner structure is markedly misaligned with respect to the large-scale structure. This morphology can be interpreted as a possible signature of once ceased and then restarted activity of the galactic nucleus, coupled with a rapid repositioning of the central radio jet axis. In a search for compact (<5"), optically identified, and highly redshifted (z>3) quasars in the Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-centimeters (FIRST) and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) catalogues, we have also found two quasars associated with weaker two-sided radio lobes at ~10" scale. We present archival 1.4-GHz VLA images of these quasars (J1036+1326 and J1353+5725). The compact cores of both of these CDT sources are likely to be detectable at mas scales. Future VLBI observations at the highest resolution could reveal if their inner radio structure is similar to that of the Compact Symmetric Objects (CSOs). The characteristic directions of their arcsecond-scale and mas-scale structures are probably misaligned which could also support the "restarting and rapid repositioning" scenario.

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