Wide-angle tail galaxies in ATLAS
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Mao, Minnie Y; Sharp, Robert; Saikia, D J; Norris, Ray P; Johnston-Hollitt, M; Middelberg, E; Lovell, James E J
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We present radio images of a sample of six wide-angle tail (WAT) radio sources, identified in the Australia Telescope Large Area Survey 1.4-GHz radio survey, and new spectroscopic redshifts for four of these sources. These WATs are in the redshift range of 0.1469-0.3762, and we find evidence of galaxy overdensities in the vicinity of four of the WATs from either spectroscopic or photometric redshifts. We also present follow-up spectroscopic observations of the area surrounding the largest WAT,...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Mao, Minnie Y | |
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dc.contributor.author | Sharp, Robert | |
dc.contributor.author | Saikia, D J | |
dc.contributor.author | Norris, Ray P | |
dc.contributor.author | Johnston-Hollitt, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Middelberg, E | |
dc.contributor.author | Lovell, James E J | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-13T22:43:54Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0035-8711 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/79407 | |
dc.description.abstract | We present radio images of a sample of six wide-angle tail (WAT) radio sources, identified in the Australia Telescope Large Area Survey 1.4-GHz radio survey, and new spectroscopic redshifts for four of these sources. These WATs are in the redshift range of 0.1469-0.3762, and we find evidence of galaxy overdensities in the vicinity of four of the WATs from either spectroscopic or photometric redshifts. We also present follow-up spectroscopic observations of the area surrounding the largest WAT, S1189, which is at a redshift of ∼0.22. The spectroscopic observations, taken using the AAOmega spectrograph on the Anglo-Australian Telescope, show an overdensity of galaxies at this redshift. The galaxies are spread over an unusually large area of ∼12 Mpc with a velocity spread of ∼4500 km s-1. This large-scale structure includes a highly asymmetric Fanaroff-Riley type I radio galaxy and also appears to host a radio relic. It may represent an unrelaxed system with different sub-structures interacting or merging with one another. We discuss the implications of these observations for future large-scale radio surveys. | |
dc.publisher | Blackwell Publishing Ltd | |
dc.source | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | |
dc.subject | Keywords: Galaxies: active; Galaxies: clusters: general; Galaxies: distances and redshifts; Galaxies: general; Radio continuum: galaxies | |
dc.title | Wide-angle tail galaxies in ATLAS | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 406 | |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 020104 - Galactic Astronomy | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | f5625xPUB7852 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Mao, Minnie Y, University of Tasmania | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Sharp, Robert, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Saikia, D J, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Norris, Ray P, CSIRO, Australia Telescope National Facility | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Johnston-Hollitt, M, University of Wellington | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Middelberg, E, Ruhr-Universität Bochum | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Lovell, James E J, University of Tasmania | |
local.description.embargo | 2037-12-31 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 4 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 2578 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 2590 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16853.x | |
dc.date.updated | 2016-02-24T09:37:50Z | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-77955445770 | |
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