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Stellar populations in radio galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2004

D. Raimann ,
T. Storchi-Bergmann ,
H. Quintana ,
R. Hunstead  and
L. Wizotski
D. Raimann
Affiliation:
Instituto de Física, UFGRS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil email: [email protected] UERGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil UNOCHAPECÓ, Chapecó, SC, Brazil
T. Storchi-Bergmann
Affiliation:
Instituto de Física, UFGRS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil email: [email protected]
H. Quintana
Affiliation:
Facultad de Física, Pontificia Universitad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
R. Hunstead
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
L. Wizotski
Affiliation:
Universität Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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Abstract

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We characterize the stellar population of a complete sample of the closest southern radio-galaxies – 12 Fanaroff-Riley I (FR I), 8 FR II and 4 with undefined FRx type – and a comparison sample of 18 non-active elliptical and SO galaxies. We measured equivalent widths and continuum colours and their radial variations, and performed spectral synthesis as a function of distance from the nucleus. Only 4 of the radio-galaxies have more than 10% of the total flux at 4020Å contributed from 100 Myr old or younger stellar population components – including a featureless continuum due to an AGN. All 4 are FRII or FRx. The main difference between the stellar population of the radio-galaxies and that of the non-active ones is that the former have a larger contribution of the intermediate age component, suggesting a relation between the present radio activity and a past episode of star formation which occurred about 1 Gyr ago.To search for other articles by the author(s) go to: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abstract_service.html

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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2004 , Issue IAUS222 , March 2004 , pp. 199 - 200
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