The low-frequency properties of FR0 radio galaxies
Journal
Date Issued
2019
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Abstract
Using the Alternative Data Release of the TIFR GMRT Sky Survey (TGSS), we
studied the low-frequency properties of FR0 radio galaxies, the large
population of compact radio sources associated with red massive early-type
galaxies revealed by surveys at 1.4 GHz. We considered TGSS observations from
FR0CAT, a sample formed by 104 FR0s at z<0.05: all but one of them are covered
by the TGSS, and 43 of them are detected above a 5 sigma limit of 17.5 mJy. No
extended emission has been detected around the FR0s, corresponding to a
luminosity limit of < 4 10^23 W/Hz over an area of 100 kpc x 100 kpc. All but
eight FR0s have a flat or inverted spectral shape (alpha < 0.5) between 150 MHz
and 1.4 GHz: this spectral behavior confirms the general paucity of optically
thin extended emission within the TGSS beam, as is expected for their compact
1.4 GHz morphology.
Data at 5 GHz were used to build their radio spectra, which are also
generally flat at higher frequencies. By focusing on a sub-sample of FR0s with
flux density > 50 mJy at 1.4 GHz, we found that ~75% of them have a convex
spectrum, but with a smaller curvature than the more powerful gigahertz
peaked-spectrum sources (GPS). The typical FR0s radio spectrum is better
described by a gradual steepening toward high frequencies, rather than to a
transition from an optically-thick to an optically-thin regime, possibly
observed in only ~15% of the sample.
Volume
631
Start page
A176
Issn Identifier
0004-6361
Ads BibCode
2019A&A...631A.176C
Rights
open.access
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