Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-12-06
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.375:1059-1069,2007
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
12 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.11375.x
We present the results of a radio polarimetric study of the high-redshift radio galaxy PKS B0529-549 (z=2.575), based on high-resolution 12 mm and 3 cm images obtained with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA). The source is found to have a rest-frame Faraday rotation measure of -9600 rad m^{-2}, the largest seen thus far in the environment of a z > 2 radio galaxy. In addition, the rest-frame Faraday dispersion in the screen responsible for the rotation is calculated to be 5800 rad m^{-2}, implying rotation measures as large as -15400 rad m^{-2}. Using supporting near-IR imaging from the Very Large Telescope (VLT), we suggest that the rotation measure originates in the Ly-alpha halo surrounding the host galaxy, and estimate the magnetic field strength to be ~10 microGauss. We also present a new optical spectrum of PKS B0529-549 obtained with the New Technology Telescope (NTT), and propose that the emission-line ratios are best described by a photoionization model. Furthermore, the host galaxy is found to exhibit both hot dust emission at 8.0 microns and significant internal visual extinction (~1.6 mag), as inferred from Spitzer Space Telescope near/mid-IR imaging.
Broderick Jess W.
de Breuck Carlos
Hunstead Richard W.
Seymour Nick
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