Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2009-02-20
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
8 pages total. White paper submitted to the Astro 2010 Decadal Survey
Scientific paper
High redshift radio galaxies are among the largest, most luminous, most massive, and most beautiful objects in the Universe. They are generally identified from their radio emission, thought to be powered by accretion of matter onto supermassive black holes in the nuclei of their host galaxies. Observations show that they are energetic sources of radiation throughout most of the electromagnetic spectrum, including relativistic plasma, gas and dust, stars and the active galactic nuclei (AGN). 1 HzRGs are inferred to be extremely massive, including old stars (up to $\sim$ 10$^{12}$ M$_{\odot}$), hot gas (up to $\sim$ 10$^{12}$ M$_{\odot}$) and molecular gas (up to $\sim$ 10$^{11}$ M$_{\odot}$).Because they are highly luminous and (unlike quasars) spatially resolvable from the ground, most components of HzRGs provide important diagnostic information about the spatial distributions of processes within HzRGs and their environment. The fact that the different constituents are present in the same objects and that the {\bf {\it interrelationships and interactions between them}} can be studied make distant radio galaxies unique laboratories for probing massive galaxy and cluster formation in the early Universe.
Carilli Chris
Cohen Albert
de Breuck Carlos
Miley George
Taylor Greg B.
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