Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-10-04
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
To appear in the Proceedings of the XLIst Rencontres de Moriond, XXVIth Astrophysics Moriond Meeting: "From dark halos to ligh
Scientific paper
Active galaxies are the most powerful engines in the Universe for converting gravitational energy into radiation, and radio galaxies and radio-loud quasars are highly luminous and can be detected across the Universe. The jets that characterise them need a medium to propagate into, and thus radio galaxies at high redshift point to gaseous atmospheres on scales of at least the radio source diameter, which in many cases can reach hundreds of kpc. The variation with redshift of X-ray properties of radio-selected clusters provides an important test of structure formation theories as, unlike X-ray selection, this selection is not biased towards the most luminous clusters in the Universe. We present new results from a sample of 19 luminous radio galaxies at redshifts between 0.5 and 1. The properties of the gaseous atmosphere around these sources as mapped by Chandra and XMM-Newton observations are discussed. By combining these with observations at radio frequency, we will be able to draw conclusions on cluster size, density, and pressure balance between the radio source and the environment in which it lies.
Belsole Elena
Hardcastle Martin J.
Worrall Diana Mary
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