Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2009-08-08
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
To be published in forthcoming ASP conference series, "The Low Frequency Radio Universe", Eds: D.J. Saikia, Dave Green, Y. Gup
Scientific paper
We report the discovery of a very unusual, predominantly one-sided radio galaxy CGCG049-033. Its radio jet, the largest detected so far, emits strongly polarized synchrotron radiation and can be traced all the way from the galactic nucleus to the hot spot located ~440 kpc away. This jet emanates from an extremely massive black-hole (mass > 10^9 times solar mass) and forms a strikingly compact radio lobe. To a surface brightness contrast of at least 20 no radio lobe is detected on the side of the counter-jet, which is similar to the main jet in brightness upto the scale of tens of kpc. Thus, contrary to the nearly universal trend, the brightness asymmetry in this radio galaxy increases with distance from the nucleus. With several unusual properties, including a predominantly toroidal magnetic field, this Fanaroff-Riley type II (FR-II) mega-jet is an exceptionally useful laboratory for testing the role of magnetic field in jet stabilization and radio lobe formation.
Bagchi Joydeep
Gopal-Krishna
Joshi Santosh
Konar Chiranjib
Krause Marita
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