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The duty cycle of radio galaxies revealed by LOFAR: remnant and restarted radio source populations in the Lockman Hole
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posted on 2023-05-20, 13:44 authored by Stanislav ShabalaStanislav Shabala, Jurlin, N, Morganti, R, Brienza, M, Hardcastle, MJ, Godfrey, LEH, Krause, MGH, Ross TurnerRoss TurnerFeedback from radio jets associated with Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) plays a profound role in the evolution of galaxies. Kinetic power of these radio jets appears to show temporal variation, but the mechanism(s) responsible for this process are not yet clear. Recently, the LOw Frequency ARray (LOFAR) has uncovered large populations of active, remnant and restarted radio jet populations. By focusing on LOFAR data in the Lockman Hole, in this work we use the Radio AGN in Semi-Analytic Environments (RAiSE) dynamical model to present the first self-consistent modelling analysis of active, remnant and restarted radio source populations. Consistent with other recent work, our models predict that remnant radio lobes fade quickly. Any high (> 10 percent) observed fraction of remnant and restarted sources therefore requires a dominant population of short-lived jets. We speculate that this could plausibly be provided by feedback-regulated accretion.
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Department of Education, Skills and Employment
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyVolume
496Pagination
1706-1717ISSN
0035-8711Department/School
School of Natural SciencesPublisher
Blackwell Publishing LtdPlace of publication
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Copyright 2020 The Authors. This article has been accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ©:2020 The Authors. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.Repository Status
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