Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2001-08-21
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 328 (2001) 848
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
8 pages, 1 Figure, 3 tables, accepted for publication in MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04916.x
One of the most popular explanations for the so-called alignment effect in high redshift (z>0.7) radio galaxies is the scattering by dust of the hidden quasar light. As shown by De Young (1998) a problem with the dust scattering model is that the short destruction time-scale for dust grains means that they will not survive the passage of the radio jet. We investigate the survival of dust in the extended ionised gas of nearby active galaxies with jet/gas interactions. We discuss the implications on the alignment effect of high redshift (>0.7) radio galaxies. We conclude that although shocks are likely to destroy dust grains in regions of interaction, dust might survive in enough quantities to scatter light from the active nucleus and produce alignment between scattered light and the radio structures. We propose an observational test to investigate the existence of dust in shocked regions based on the sensitivity of calcium to depletion onto dust grains.
Allen Marsha M.
Alonso-Herrero Almudena
Binette Luc
Villar-Martin Montse
Young D. de
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