A. Pirya, S. Nandi, D. J. Saikia, M. Singh
We present the results of multifrequency observations of two asymmetric,
Mpc-scale radio sources with the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) and the
Very Large Array (VLA). The radio luminosity of these two sources, J1211+743
and J1918+742, are in the Fanaroff-Riley class II (FRII) range, but have
diffuse radio components on one side of the galaxy while the opposite component
appears edge-brightened with a prominent hot-spot. Although the absence of a
hot-spot is reminiscent of FRI radio galaxies, suggesting a hybrid morphology,
the radio jet facing the diffuse lobe in J1211+743 is similar to those in FRII
radio sources, and it is important to consider these aspects as well while
classifying these sources in the FR scheme. The observed asymmetries in these
Mpc-scale sources are likely to be largely intrinsic rather than being due to
the effects of orientation and relativistic motion. The formation of a diffuse
lobe facing the radio jet in J1211+743 is possibly due to the jet being highly
dissipative. The low-frequency spectral indices of the lobes are in the range
of approximately -0.8 to -1, while at the outer edges these vary from
approximately -0.65 to -1.05 suggesting steep injection spectral indices, which
need to be examined further from observations at even lower frequencies by
telescopes such as the LOw Frequency ARray (LOFAR).
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http://arxiv.org/abs/1201.0922
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