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Record W4408976288 · doi:10.1093/mnras/staf508

The nature of HERGs and LERGs in LoTSS DR2 − a morphological perspective

2025· article· en· W4408976288 on OpenAlexfundno aff
J Chilufya, M. J. Hardcastle, J C S Pierce, Alyssa B. Drake, R. D. Baldi, H. J. A. Röttgering, D. J. B. Smith

Bibliographic record

VenueMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldPhysics and Astronomy
TopicGalaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
Canadian institutionsnot available
FundersNational Institute of CorrectionsMinisterium für Innovation, Wissenschaft und Forschung des Landes Nordrhein-WestfalenMax-Planck-GesellschaftMinisterstwo Edukacji i NaukiNederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk OnderzoekBundesministerium für Bildung und ForschungInstitut sur la Nutrition et les Aliments FonctionnelsScience Foundation IrelandScience and Technology Facilities CouncilUniversity of HertfordshireSanta Fe Institute
KeywordsPhysicsAstrophysicsActive galactic nucleusGalaxyAccretion (finance)SkyLine (geometry)Radio galaxyEmission spectrumAccretion discAstronomySpectral line

Abstract

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ABSTRACT We present the largest visually selected sample of extended ($>$60 arcsec) radio-loud active galactic nuclei (RLAGN) to date, based on the LOw-Frequency Array Two-Metre Sky Survey second data release (LoTSS DR2). From the broader LoTSS DR2 data set with spectroscopic classifications, we construct a subsample of 2828 RLAGN with radio luminosities greater than $10^{23}~\mathrm{W~Hz^{-1}}$ at $z<0.57$. These RLAGN are further classified by optical emission-line properties into high-excitation and low-excitation radio galaxies, enabling a detailed emission-line analysis. Our subsample is also morphologically classified into Fanaroff–Riley centre- and edge-brightened sources, wide- and narrow-angle tail sources, head–tail sources, and relaxed double sources. For these classifications, we utilize data from the Very Large Array Sky Survey to assist with the classification, taking advantage of its 2.5 arcsec resolution which is sensitive to structures below 30 arcsec. This resolution allows us to identify compact cores and hotspots, facilitating the identification of remnant and restarted RLAGN candidates. We investigate the relationship between emission-line and radio properties in RLAGN, analysing mid-infrared data, host galaxy mass, and core prominence. These analyses uncover the complex relationship between these factors and the underlying accretion mechanisms. Our findings emphasize that no single property can fully constrain the accretion mode in RLAGN, highlighting the necessity of multidimensional approaches to reveal the processes driving RLAGN behaviour.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.001
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: Observational
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.004
Threshold uncertainty score0.009

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.001
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0020.001
Science and technology studies0.0000.001
Scholarly communication0.0010.000
Open science0.0000.001
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0030.001

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.004
GPT teacher head0.206
Teacher spread0.202 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designObservational
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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Published2025
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