Spectral ageing analysis of the double-double radio galaxy J1453+3308
arXiv:astro-ph/0607660 · doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10874.x
Abstract
We present new radio observations at frequencies ranging from 240 to 4860 MHz of the well-known, double-double radio galaxy (DDRG), J1453+3308, using both the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) and the Very Large Array (VLA). These observations enable us to determine the spectra of the inner and outer lobes over a large frequency range and demonstrate that while the spectrum of the outer lobes exhibits significant curvature, that of the inner lobes appears practically straight. The break frequency, and hence the inferred synchrotron age of the outer structure, determined from 16arcsec strips transverse to the source axis, increases with distance from the heads of the lobes. The maximum spectral ages for the northern and southern lobes are 47 and 58 Myr respectively. Because of the difference in the lengths of the lobes these ages imply a mean separation velocity of the heads of the lobes from the emitting plasma of 0.036c for both the northern and southern lobes. The synchrotron age of the inner double is about 2 Myr which implies an advance velocity of 0.1c, but these values have large uncertainties because the spectrum is practically straight.
arXiv comment10 pages, 10 figures, 5 tables, accepted for publication in MNRAS
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