Discovery of X-shaped Morphology of the Giant Radio Galaxy GRG 0503-286
arXiv:2204.00839 · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243463
Abstract
The high surface-brightness sensitivity of the GLEAM survey image of the giant radio galaxy GRG 0503-28 at 70-230 MHz has revealed an inversion-symmetric bending of its two lobes, while maintaining between their bent portions a ~200 kpc wide strip-like radio emission gap. This lends the source the appearance of a mega-sized X-shaped radio galaxy. Identifying the emission gap with the presence of a gaseous layer, probably a WHIM-filled sheet in the cosmic web, we suggest that the layer is the most likely cause of the inversion-symmetric bending of the two radio lobes. Multiple observational manifestations of such gaseous layers are noted. The two lobes of this GRG, known to extend very asymmetrically from the host galaxy, are remarkably symmetric about the emission gap, confirming a curious trend noted earlier for double radio sources of normal dimensions. The anomalous radio spectral gradient reported for the northern lobe of this GRG is not substantiated.
Accepted for publication in A&A Letters | 5 pages and 3 figures | Comments are welcome | Dedicated to Prof Govind Swarup, FRS
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