Collimation of the kiloparsec-scale radio jets in NGC 2663

Author:

Velović Velibor1ORCID,Filipović M D1ORCID,Barnes L1ORCID,Norris R P12ORCID,Tremblay C D34ORCID,Heald G4ORCID,Rudnick L5ORCID,Shabala S S6ORCID,Pannuti T G7ORCID,Andernach H8ORCID,Titov O9ORCID,Waddell S G H10,Koribalski B S12ORCID,Grupe D7ORCID,Jarrett T11ORCID,Alsaberi R Z E1ORCID,Carretti E12ORCID,Collier J D1413ORCID,Einecke S14ORCID,Galvin T J415ORCID,Hotan A4ORCID,Manojlović P1ORCID,Marvil J16ORCID,Nandra K10ORCID,Reiprich T H17,Rowell G13ORCID,Salvato M10ORCID,Whiting M2ORCID

Affiliation:

1. School of Science, Western Sydney University , Locked Bag 1797, Penrith South DC, NSW 2751, Australia

2. CSIRO Space and Astronomy, Australia Telescope National Facility , PO Box 76, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia

3. SETI Institute , Mountain View, CA 94043, USA

4. CSIRO Space and Astronomy, Australia Telescope National Facility , PO Box 1130, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia

5. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota , Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA

6. School of Natural Sciences , Private Bag 37, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia

7. Physics, Earth Science, and Space System Engineering, Morehead State University , Martindale Drive, Morehead, KY 40351, USA

8. Departmento de Astronomía, DCNE, Universidad de Guanajuato, Callejón de Jalisco s/n , Guanajuato C.P. 36023, GTO, Mexico

9. Geoscience Australia , Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia

10. Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik , Gießenbachstraße, D-85748 Garching, Germany

11. Department of Astronomy, University of Cape Town , Rondebosch, South Africa

12. INAF – Istituto di Radioastronomia , Via P. Gobetti 101, I-40129 Bologna, Italy

13. School of Physical Sciences, The University of Adelaide , Adelaide 5005, Australia

14. The Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy (IDIA), Department of Astronomy, University of Cape Town , Private Bag X3, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa

15. International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, Curtin University , Bentley, WA 6102, Australia

16. National Radio Astronomy Observatory , PO Box 0, Socorro, NM87801, USA

17. Argelander-Institut für Astronomie (AIfA), Universität Bonn , Auf dem Hügel 71, D-53121 Bonn, Germany

Abstract

ABSTRACT We present the discovery of highly collimated radio jets spanning a total of 355 kpc around the nearby elliptical galaxy NGC 2663, and the possible first detection of recollimation on kiloparsec scales. The small distance to the galaxy (∼28.5 Mpc) allows us to resolve portions of the jets to examine their structure. We combine multiwavelength data: radio observations by the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) and the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA), and X-ray data from Chandra, Swift, and SRG/eROSITA. We present intensity, rotation measure, polarization, spectral index, and X-ray environment maps. Regions of the southern jet show simultaneous narrowing and brightening, which can be interpreted as a signature of the recollimation of the jet by external, environmental pressure, though it is also consistent with intermittent active galactic nuclei or complex internal jet structure. X-ray data suggest that the environment is extremely poor; if the jet is indeed recollimating, the large recollimation scale (40 kpc) is consistent with a slow jet in a low-density environment.

Funder

National Radio Astronomy Observatory

National Science Foundation

Associated Universities, Inc.

Swinburne University of Technology

U.S. Naval Observatory

Russian Academy of Sciences

Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt

Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam

Max Planck Society

University of Bonn

Ludwig Maximilians University Munich

Universidad de Guanajuato

University of Minnesota

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics

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