A dichotomy in dust-jet orientation in radio galaxies

Details A dichotomy in dust-jet orientation in radio galaxies A dichotomy in dust-jet orientation in radio galaxies

2004-05-03

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0405034v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

2 pages, 2 figures, to appear in "The Interplay among Black Holes, Stars and ISM in Galactic Nuclei", IAU Symposium 222, eds.

Scientific paper

10.1017/S1743921304002649

We have analyzed the position angle (PA) differences between radio jets and dust distributions in the centers of Fanaroff & Riley Type 1 (FRI) radio galaxies. We model the observed PA differences to infer the three-dimensional relative orientation of jet and dust. Our main conclusion is that there is a dichotomy in dust-jet-galaxy orientation both in projection and in three-dimensional space. The orientation dichotomy can explain the contradictory results obtained in previous studies. We briefly mention scenarios that might explain the dichotomy.

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