20–28 Mar 2025
Emperors Palace Hotel Casino Convention Resort
Africa/Johannesburg timezone

The study of extended radio galaxies in MERGHERS fields

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15m
Emperors Palace Hotel Casino Convention Resort

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64 Jones Rd, Kempton Park, Johannesburg, 1620
Poster

Speaker

Banele Mthembu (University of KwaZulu-Natal)

Description

Radio galaxies play an important role in the formation of structure in the Universe. Studying the physical properties of both classical radio galaxies (FRI and FRII), as well as their more morphologically complex counterparts (NATs, WATs, BTs, X-shaped, etc), can help in understanding their specific role and how their local environment affects their properties, and vice versa. The MERGHERS survey is carrying out targeted observations of galaxy clusters using MeerKAT’s L- and/or UHF bands. The wide-field images contain many instances of extended radio galaxies, across all morphologies. This project aims to catalogue and study the extended radio galaxies in the 21 cluster fields from the first tier of MERGHERS data, investigating their environmental link and studying their spectral properties.

Stream Science

Primary author

Banele Mthembu (University of KwaZulu-Natal)

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