Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Feb 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992apj...386l...9d&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 386, Feb. 10, 1992, p. L9-L12. Research supported by NSF.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Compton Effect, Electron Scattering, Radio Galaxies, Red Shift, Galactic Evolution, Relativistic Particles, Star Formation, Stellar Models
Scientific paper
A new model to explain the alignments of the optical continuum and emission-line regions with the radio axes in high-redshift radio galaxies is presented. Inverse Compton scattering of microwave background photons with relatively cool relativistic electrons will produce near-infrared, optical, and ultraviolet continuum. Radio bridges detected in high-redshift radio galaxies provide direct evidence for a reservoir of relativistic electrons along the radio axes, hence the upscattered radiation will be aligned with the radio axes. The constraints on the jet-induced star formation model implied by the properties of the radio bridges are discussed, and the inverse Compton scattering model is presented.
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