Leiden University Scholarly Publications

Dabhade, P. (2021)

Unveiling the nature of giant radio galaxies

Doctoral Thesis

The thesis deals with the study of giant radio galaxies (GRGs), which are radio galaxies of megaparsec sizes. Their enormous size and rarity have been investigated in this thesis. The study included searching and consequent finding of the largest samples of GRGs and thereby enabling to study of their properties in detail. Also, the properties were compared to smaller sized radio galaxies to investigate possible differences which could be the factor for their giant sizes.

Radio Astronomy

Giant radio galaxies

Supermassive black holes

Extragalactic astronomy

All authors

Dabhade, P.

Supervisor

Röttgering, H.J.A.; Bagchi, J.

Committee

Werf, P.P. van der; Israel, F.P.; Barthel, P.; Morganti, R.; Raychaudhury, S.; Saikia, D.J.; Weeren, R.J. van

Qualification

Doctor (dr.)

Awarding Institution

Leiden Observatory, Faculty of Science, Leiden University

Date

2021-05-25