X-shaped radio galaxies as observational evidence for the interaction of supermassive binary black holes and accretion disc at parsec scale [PDF]
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2004 In the hierarchical galaxy formation model, today's galaxies are the product of frequent galaxy merging, triggering the activity of active galactic nuclei and forming a supermassive black hole binary.
F K Liu
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Simulations of Precessing Jets and the Formation of X-shaped Radio Galaxies [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 Jet precession is sometimes invoked to explain asymmetries in radio galaxy (RG) jets and “X/S/Z-shaped” RGs, caused by the presence of a binary black hole companion to the source active galactic nucleus or by accretion instabilities.
Chris Nolting, Jay Ball, Tri M. Nguyen
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On the origin of X-shaped radio-sources: New insights from the properties of their host galaxies [PDF]
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2002 A significant fraction of extended radio sources presents a peculiar X-shaped radio morphology: in addition to the classical double lobed structure, radio emission is also observed along a second axis of symmetry in the form of diffuse wings or tails. We
A. Capetti +5 more
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The Origin of X-shaped Radio Galaxies: Clues from the Z-symmetric Secondary Lobes [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal, 2003 Existing radio images of a few X-shaped radio galaxies reveal Z-symmetric morphologies in their weaker secondary lobes that cannot be naturally explained by either the galactic merger or radio-lobe backflow scenarios, the two dominant models for these X ...
Gopal‐Krishna +2 more
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Orientation and size of the ‘Z’ in X-shaped radio galaxies [PDF]
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2005 Some X-shaped radio galaxies show a Z-symmetric morphology in the less luminous secondary lobes. Within the scenario of a merger between two galaxies, each hosting a supermassive black hole in its centre, this structure has been explained before.
Christian J. Zier
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HYDRODYNAMIC MODELS OF RADIO GALAXY MORPHOLOGY: WINGED AND X-SHAPED SOURCES [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal, 2011 We present three-dimensional hydrodynamic models of radio galaxies interacting with initially relaxed hot atmospheres and explore the significant off-axis radio lobe structures that result under certain conditions.
Edmund Hodges‐Kluck, C. S. Reynolds
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A DEEP CHANDRA OBSERVATION OF THE X-SHAPED RADIO GALAXY 4C +00.58: A CANDIDATE FOR MERGER-INDUCED REORIENTATION? [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal, 2010 Although rapid reorientation of a black hole spin axis (lasting less than a few megayears) has been suggested as a mechanism for the formation of wings in X-shaped radio galaxies (XRGs), to date no convincing case of reorientation has been found in any ...
Edmund Hodges‐Kluck +3 more
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The optical spectra of X-shaped radio galaxies [PDF]
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2010 X-shaped radio galaxies are defined by their peculiar large-scale radio morphology. In addition to the classical double-lobed structure they have a pair of low-luminosity wings that straddles the nucleus at almost right angles to the active lobes, thus ...
Hermine Landt +2 more
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Bridging the Bondi and Event Horizon Scales: 3D GRMHD Simulations Reveal X-shaped Radio Galaxy Morphology [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2022 X-shaped radio galaxies (XRGs) produce misaligned X-shaped jet pairs and make up ≲10% of radio galaxies. XRGs are thought to emerge in galaxies featuring a binary supermassive black hole (SMBH), SMBH merger, or large-scale ambient medium asymmetry.
Aretaios Lalakos +8 more
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X-shaped radio galaxy 3C 223.1: A ‘double boomerang’ with an anomalous spectral gradient [PDF]
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2022 A comparison of the recent LOFAR 144 MHz map of the radio source 3C 223.1 (J094124.028+394441.95) with the VLA maps at 4.9 GHz and 8.3 GHz that we built based on archival data, establishes this X-shaped radio galaxy (XRG) as a singularly robust case ...
Gopal Krishna, Pratik Dabhade
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