Inverse Compton scattering and the alignments observed in high-redshift radio galaxies

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view Abstract Citations (42) References (24) Co-Reads Similar Papers Volume Content Graphics Metrics Export Citation NASA/ADS Inverse Compton Scattering and the Alignments Observed in High-Redshift Radio Galaxies Daly, Ruth A. Abstract A new model to explain the alignments of the optical continuum and emission-line regions with the radio axes in high-redshift radio galaxies is presented. Inverse Compton scattering of microwave background photons with relatively cool relativistic electrons will produce near-infrared, optical, and ultraviolet continuum. Radio bridges detected in high- redshift radio galaxies provide direct evidence for a reservoir of relativistic electrons along the radio axes, hence the upscattered radiation will be aligned with the radio axes. The constraints on the jet-induced star formation model implied by the properties of the radio bridges are discussed, and the inverse Compton scattering model is presented. Publication: The Astrophysical Journal Pub Date: February 1992 DOI: 10.1086/186280 Bibcode: 1992ApJ...386L...9D Keywords: Compton Effect; Electron Scattering; Radio Galaxies; Red Shift; Galactic Evolution; Relativistic Particles; Star Formation; Stellar Models; Astrophysics; GALAXIES: EVOLUTION; GALAXIES: JETS; RADIO CONTINUUM: GALAXIES full text sources ADS | data products SIMBAD (2)