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The nature of the 3CR radio galaxies at z=1
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Best, Philip N. Longair, Malcolm S. Rottgering, Huub J. A. |
| Copyright Year | 1997 |
| Abstract | We present evidence that the 3CR radio galaxies at redshift one are already very massive, highly dynamically evolved galaxies, which lie at the heart of (proto--)cluster environments. Since nearby 3CR double radio sources are generally found in more isolated surroundings, the galactic environments of these galaxies must change dramatically with redshift. Therefore, the original `uniform population, closed box' interpretation of the infrared K--magnitude vs redshift relationship no longer appears valid. We propose a new interpretation: the powerful radio galaxies selected at high and low redshift have different evolutionary histories, but must contain a similar mass of stars, a few times 10-to-the-power-11 solar masses, and so conspire to produce the `passively evolving' K-z relation observed. We discuss this model in the context of the current understanding of powerful radio sources and, in light of this new model, we compare the K-z relation of the 3CR galaxies with those derived for lower power radio galaxies and for brightest cluster galaxies. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/9711010v1.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/9711010v1.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
