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98 5. Ordered magnetic fields around radio galaxies Figure 5.12: Geometry of the two-dimensional draped model for the magnetic field, described in Sec. 5.7.3. Panel (a): seen in the plane of the direction of the ambient magnetic field. Panel (b): seen in the plane perpendicular to the ambient field; only the innermost family of ellipses is plotted. For clarity, field lines behind the lobe are omitted. The colour of the curves indicates the strength of the field, decreasing from red to yellow. The crosses represent the radio core position. The coordinate system is the same as in Fig. 5.8 and the line of sight is in the X− Z plane. IMAGE: BLANK.FITS IMAGE: BLANK.FITS IMAGE: BLANK.FITS ;100 ;50 0 RAD/M/M rad m 0 10 20 30 40 RAD/M/M rad m −2 ;40 ;20 0 20 RAD/M/M rad m −2 x x x (a) (b) (c) Figure 5.13: Synthetic RM images produced for a two-dimensional draped model as described in Section 5.7.3. The field lines are a family of ellipses draped around the lobe as in Fig. 5.12. Panel (a): lobe inclined at 90 ◦ to the line-of-sight. (b) receding and (c) approaching lobes of a source inclined by 40 ◦ to the line-of-sight. The crosses and the arrows represent the radio core position and the lobe advance direction. prominent reversal is apparent in the receding lobe of 0206+35 (Fig. 5.2a) and multiple reversals across the eastern lobe of 3C 353 and in M 84 (Fig. 5.2b and d). The simplest way to reproduce these is to assume that the draped field also has reversals, presumably originating from a more complex initial field in the IGM. One realization of such a field configuration would be in the form of multiple toroidal eddies with radii smaller than the lobe size, as sketched in Fig. 5.14. Whatever the precise field geometry, I stress that the straightness of the observed multiple bands again requires a two-dimensional structure, with little dependence on Y. 98
5.8. Discussion 99 5.8 Discussion 5.8.1 Where do bands occur? The majority of published RM images of radio galaxies do not show bands or other kind of anisotropic structure, but are characterized by isotropic and random RM distributions (e.g. Laing et al. 2008, 3C 449, Chapter 4). On the other hand, I have presented observations of RM bands in four radio galaxies embedded in different environments and with a range of jet inclinations with respect to the line-of-sight. These sources are not drawn from a complete sample, so any quantitative estimate of the incidence of bands is premature, but it is possible to draw some preliminary conclusions. The simple two-dimensional draped-field model developed in Section 5.7.3 only generates RM bands when the line-of-sight intercepts the volume containing elliptical field lines, which happens for a restricted range of rotation around the source axis. At other orientations, the RM from this field configuration will be small and the observed RM may well be dominated by material at larger distances which has not been affected by the radio source. I therefore expect a minority of sources with this type of field structure to show RM bands and the remainder to have weaker, and probably isotropic, RM fluctuations. In contrast, the three-dimensional draped field model proposed by Dursi & Pfrommer (2008) predicts RM bands parallel to the source axis for a significant range of viewing directions: these have not (yet) been observed. The prominent RM bands here described occur only in lobed radio galaxies. In contrast, wellobserved radio sources with tails and plumes seem to be free of bands or anisotropic RM structure (e.g. 3C 31, 3C 449; Laing et al. 2008, Chapter 4). Furthermore, the lobes which show bands are all quite round and show evidence for interaction with the surrounding IGM. It is particularly striking that the bands in 3C 353 occur only in its eastern, rounded, lobe. The implication is that RM bands occur when a lobe is being actively driven by a radio jet into a region of high IGM density. Plumes and tails, on the other hand, are likely to be rising buoyantly in the group or cluster and I do not expect significant compression, at least at large distances from the nucleus. 5.8.2 RM bands in other sources The fact that RM bands have so far been observed only in a few radio sources may be a selection effect: much RM analysis has been carried out for galaxy clusters, in which most of the sources are tailed (e.g. Blanton et al. 2003). With a few exceptions like Cyg A (see below, Section 5.8.2), lobed FR I and FR II sources have not been studied in detail. 99
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