Intermittent jet activity in the radio galaxy 4C29.30?

Abstract

We present radio observations at frequencies ranging from 240 to 8460 MHz of the radio galaxy 4C29.30 (J0840+2949) using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT), the Very Large Array (VLA) and the Effelsberg telescope. We report the existence of weak extended emission with an angular size of $\sim$520 arcsec (639 kpc) within which a compact edge-brightened double-lobed source with a size of 29 arcsec (36 kpc) is embedded. We determine the spectrum of the inner double from 240 to 8460 MHz and show that it has a single power-law spectrum with a spectral index of $\sim$0.8. Its spectral age is estimated to be $\lapp$33 Myr. The extended diffuse emission has a steep spectrum with a spectral index of $\sim$1.3 and a break frequency $\lapp$240 MHz. The spectral age is $\gapp$200 Myr, suggesting that the extended diffuse emission is due to an earlier cycle of activity. We reanalyse archival x-ray data from Chandra and suggest that the x-ray emission from the hotspots consists of a mixture of nonthermal and thermal components, the latter being possibly due to gas which is shock heated by the jets from the host galaxy.

14 pages, 11 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS

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