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20242026
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11 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

A simulation-based analytic model of radio galaxies II: self-consistent radiative losses

M. J. Hardcastle

The evolution of the radio properties of high-redshift radio-luminous active galactic nuclei is well known to be strongly affected by inverse-Compton losses which increase rapidly…

astro-ph.GA2026

Radio Galaxies and Jet Duty Cycles

M. J. Hardcastle, C. Konar, S. Dutta +10

Radio-luminous active galactic nuclei, or radio galaxies, are the brightest population of objects in the extragalactic radio sky and will be seen in large numbers in essentially ev…

astro-ph.GA2025

The Merging Galaxy Cluster Environment Affects the Morphology of Radio-AGN

Mary Rickel, Emily Moravec, Yjan A. Gordon +4

It has previously been found that the galaxy cluster environment can affect the fueling and evolution of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN). This work examines the effect of the merging…

astro-ph.GA2025

Radio AGN selection in LoTSS DR2

M. J. Hardcastle, J. C. S. Pierce, K. J. Duncan +6

The wide-area component of the LOFAR Two-Metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) is currently the largest radio survey ever carried out, and a large fraction of the 4.5 million radio sources it c…

astro-ph.GA2025

The nature of HERGs and LERGs in LoTSS DR2 a morphological perspective

J. Chilufya, M. J. Hardcastle, J. C. S. Pierce +4

We present the largest visually selected sample of extended (60 arcsec) radio-loud active galactic nuclei (RLAGN) to date, based on the LOw-Frequency Array Two-Metre Sky Survey…

astro-ph.CO2025

Limits and challenges of the detection of cluster-scale diffuse radio emission at high redshift: The Massive and Distant Clusters of WISE Survey (MaDCoWS) in LoTSS-DR2

G. Di Gennaro, M. Brüggen, E. Moravec +14

Diffuse radio emission in galaxy clusters is a tracer of ultra-relativistic particles and G-level magnetic fields, and is thought to be triggered by cluster merger events. In t…