BL Lac morphologies with LoTSS-DR2 144MHz data Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Mooney S.
  2. Massaro F.
  3. Quinn J.
  4. Capetti A.
  5. Baldi R.D.
  6. Gurkan G.,Hardcastle M.J.
  7. Horellou C.
  8. Mingo B.
  9. Morganti R.
  10. O'Sullivan S.,Pajdosz-Smierciak U.
  11. Pandey-Pommier M.
  12. Rottgering H.
  13. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We present a morphological and spectral study of a sample of 99 BL Lac objects using the LOFAR Two-Metre Sky Survey Second Data Release (LDR2). Extended emission has been identified at gigahertz frequencies around BL Lac objects, but with LDR2 it is now possible to systematically study their morphologies at 144MHz, where more diffuse emission is expected. LDR2 reveals the presence of extended radio structures around 66/99 of the BL Lac nuclei, with angular extents ranging up to 115", corresponding to spatial extents of 410kpc. The extended emission is likely to be both unbeamed diffuse emission and beamed emission associated with relativistic bulk motion in jets. The spatial extents and luminosities of the extended emission are consistent with the unification scheme for active galactic nuclei, where BL Lac objects correspond to low-excitation radio galaxies with the jet axis aligned along the line of sight. While extended emission is detected around the majority of BL Lac objects, the median 144-1400MHz spectral index and core dominance at 144MHz indicate that the core component contributes ~42% on average to the total low-frequency flux density. A stronger correlation was found between the 144MHz core flux density and the {gamma}-ray photon flux (r=0.69) than between the 144MHz extended flux density and the {gamma}-ray photon flux (r=0.42). This suggests that the radio-to-{gamma}-ray connection weakens at low radio frequencies because the population of particles that give rise to the {gamma}-ray flux are distinct from the electrons producing the diffuse synchrotron emission associated with spatially extended features.

Keywords
  1. bl-lacertae-objects
  2. radio-sources
  3. galaxy-classification-systems
  4. redshifted
  5. surveys
  6. gamma-ray-astronomy
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2021ApJS..257...30M
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doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.22570030

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History

2022-03-31T15:08:05Z
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2022-03-31T15:08:05Z
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2023-08-16T16:11:38Z
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