Minimum Energies and Magnetic Field Strengths of Edge-brightened Compact Symmetric Objects

Abstract

Compact symmetric objects (CSOs) are subkiloparsec radio sources with two-sided emission about a core resulting from jets that are not relativistically beamed towards the observer. This relative simplicity makes them attractive targets to study the launching and evolution of relativistic jets. We use radio surveys and spatially resolved VLBA observations to estimate the minimum energies and magnetic field strengths of a subset of edge-brightened CSOs (CSO-2s). These are necessary to test models of CSO-2 formation via stellar capture and evolution via synchrotron cooling. By treating the observed X-ray emission of CSO-2s as inverse Compton emission from synchrotron and external photon fields, we estimate a mean departure from the minimum energy magnetic field strengths of $\sim 2\times$, suggesting that CSO-2 lobes are close to minimum energy. Typical lobal minimum energy magnetic field strengths of $20$ mG suggest that once the jets shut off, luminous CSO-2s should fade at GHz frequencies within $\sim 10^3$ years. We find that CSO-2 minimum energies are systematically larger than previously estimated. If luminous CSO-2s result from tidal disruption events, a majority would require the capture of massive stars $>1M_{\odot }$ assuming jet launching efficiencies less than $100\%$.

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