Subarcsecond imaging of 3C 123: 108 GHz continuum observations of the radio hot spots

Citation
Lw. Looney et Mj. Hardcastle, Subarcsecond imaging of 3C 123: 108 GHz continuum observations of the radio hot spots, ASTROPHYS J, 534(1), 2000, pp. 172-179
Citations number
39
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
ISSN journal
0004637X → ACNP
Volume
534
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Part
1
Pages
172 - 179
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-637X(20000501)534:1<172:SIO311>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
We present the results of subarcsecond 108 GHz continuum interferometric ob servations toward the radio-luminous galaxy 3C 123. Using multiarray observ ations, we utilize the high-u, v dynamic range of the BIMA millimeter array to sample fully spatial scales ranging from 0 ".5 to 50 ". This allows us to make one-to-one comparisons of millimeter-wavelength emission in the rad io lobes and hot spots to VLA centimeter observations at 1.4, 4.9, 8.4, and 15 GHz. At 108 GHz, the bright, eastern double hot spot in the southern lo be is resolved. This is only the second time that a multiple hot spot regio n has been resolved in the millimeter regime. We model the synchrotron spec tra of the hot spots and radio lobes using simple broken power-law models w ith high-energy cutoffs and discuss the hot spot spectra and their implicat ions for models of multiple hot spot formation.