Compact steep-spectrum and peaked-spectrum radio sources

CP O'Dea, DJ Saikia - The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 2021 - Springer
Compact steep-spectrum (CSS) and peaked-spectrum (PS) radio sources are compact,
powerful radio sources. The multi-frequency observational properties and current theories …

Jets in radio galaxies and quasars: an observational perspective

DJ Saikia - Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, 2022 - Springer
This article gives a brief historical introduction and reviews our current understanding of jets
in radio galaxies and quasars from an observational perspective, with an emphasis on …

The Planck clusters in the LOFAR sky-I. LoTSS-DR2: new detections and sample overview

A Botteon, TW Shimwell, R Cassano, V Cuciti… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Context. Relativistic electrons and magnetic fields permeate the intra-cluster medium (ICM)
and manifest themselves as diffuse sources of synchrotron emission observable at radio …

Life cycle of cosmic-ray electrons in the intracluster medium

F Vazza, D Wittor, L Di Federico, M Brüggen… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
We simulate the evolution of relativistic eletrons injected into the medium of a small galaxy
cluster by a central radio galaxy, studying how the initial jet power affects the dispersal and …

MIGHTEE: are giant radio galaxies more common than we thought?

J Delhaize, I Heywood, M Prescott… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We report the discovery of two new giant radio galaxies (GRGs) using the MeerKAT
International GHz Tiered Extragalactic Exploration (MIGHTEE) survey. Both GRGs were …

Constraining the AGN duty cycle in the cool-core cluster MS 0735.6+ 7421 with LOFAR data

N Biava, M Brienza, A Bonafede, M Gitti… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Context. MS 0735.6+ 7421 is a galaxy cluster that hosts a central radio galaxy with a very
steep spectrum. The spectrum is produced by one of the most powerful known jetted active …

A giant radio galaxy with three cycles of episodic jet activity from LoTSS DR2

K Chavan, P Dabhade, DJ Saikia - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The excellent sensitivity and optimum resolution of LoTSS DR2 at 144 MHz has enabled us
to discover a giant radio galaxy (J1225+ 4011) with three distinct episodes of jet activity …

A JVLA, LOFAR, e-Merlin, VLBA, and EVN study of RBS 797: can binary supermassive black holes explain the outburst history of the central radio galaxy?

F Ubertosi, M Giroletti, M Gitti, N Biava… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
Aims. The multifaceted central radio galaxy of the cluster RBS 797 shows several episodes
of jet activity in multiple directions. We wish to understand the causes behind these dramatic …

Measuring cavity powers of active galactic nuclei in clusters using a hybrid X-ray–radio method-A new window on feedback opened by subarcsecond LOFAR-VLBI …

R Timmerman, RJ van Weeren, A Botteon… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Measurements of the quantity of radio-mode feedback injected by an active galactic nucleus
into the cluster environment have mostly relied on X-ray observations, which reveal cavities …

The best of both worlds: Combining LOFAR and Apertif to derive resolved radio spectral index images

R Morganti, TA Oosterloo, M Brienza, N Jurlin… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Super massive black holes at the centres of galaxies can cycle through periods of activity
and quiescence. Characterising the duty cycle of active galactic nuclei (AGN) is crucial for …