Filaments in the southern giant lobe of Centaurus A: Constraints on nature and origin from modelling and GMRT observations
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Wykes, Sarka; Intema, Huib T; Hardcastle, M; Achterberg, Abraham; Jones, Thomas W; Jerjen, Helmut; Orru, E; Lazarian, Alexander; Shimwell, Timothy W; Wise, Michael W; Kronberg, Phillip P
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We present results from imaging of the radio filaments in the southern giant lobe of CentaurusA using data from Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope observations at 325 and 235 MHz, and outcomes from filament modelling. The observations reveal a rich filamentary structure, largely matching the morphology at 1.4 GHz. We find no clear connection of the filaments to the jet. We seek to constrain the nature and origin of the vertex and vortex filaments associated with the lobe and their role in...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Wykes, Sarka | |
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dc.contributor.author | Intema, Huib T | |
dc.contributor.author | Hardcastle, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Achterberg, Abraham | |
dc.contributor.author | Jones, Thomas W | |
dc.contributor.author | Jerjen, Helmut | |
dc.contributor.author | Orru, E | |
dc.contributor.author | Lazarian, Alexander | |
dc.contributor.author | Shimwell, Timothy W | |
dc.contributor.author | Wise, Michael W | |
dc.contributor.author | Kronberg, Phillip P | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-13T22:27:53Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0035-8711 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/74152 | |
dc.description.abstract | We present results from imaging of the radio filaments in the southern giant lobe of CentaurusA using data from Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope observations at 325 and 235 MHz, and outcomes from filament modelling. The observations reveal a rich filamentary structure, largely matching the morphology at 1.4 GHz. We find no clear connection of the filaments to the jet. We seek to constrain the nature and origin of the vertex and vortex filaments associated with the lobe and their role in high-energy particle acceleration. We deduce that these filaments are at most mildly overpressuredwith respect to the global lobe plasma showing no evidence of largescale efficient Fermi I-type particle acceleration, and persist for ~2-3 Myr. We demonstrate that the dwarf galaxy KK 196 (AM 1318-444) cannot account for the features, and that surface plasma instabilities, the internal sausage mode and radiative instabilities are highly unlikely. An internal tearing instability and the kink mode are allowed within the observational and growth time constraints and could develop in parallel on different physical scales. We interpret the origin of the vertex and vortex filaments in terms of weak shocks from transonic magnetohydrodynamical turbulence or from a moderately recent jet activity of the parent AGN, or an interplay of both. | |
dc.publisher | Blackwell Publishing Ltd | |
dc.rights | Author/s retain copyright | |
dc.source | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | |
dc.title | Filaments in the southern giant lobe of Centaurus A: Constraints on nature and origin from modelling and GMRT observations | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 442 | |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 020100 - ASTRONOMICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | U3488905xPUB3989 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Wykes, Sarka, Radboud University Nijmegen | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Intema, Huib T, National Radio Astronomy Observatory | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Hardcastle, M , University of Hertfordshire | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Achterberg, Abraham, Radboud University Nijmegen | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Jones, Thomas W, University of Minnesota | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Jerjen, Helmut, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Orru, E, Radboud University Nijmegen | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Lazarian, Alexander, University of Wisconsin | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Shimwell, Timothy W, CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Wise, Michael W, University of Amsterdam | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Kronberg, Phillip P, Los Alamos National Laboratory | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 4 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 2867 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 2882 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1093/mnras/stu1033 | |
dc.date.updated | 2015-12-11T08:35:37Z | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-84904556136 | |
local.identifier.thomsonID | 000339924900002 | |
dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | |
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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