We report the discovery of a remnant radio AGN J1615+5452 in the field of ELAIS-N1. GMRT continuum observations at 150, 325 and 610 MHz combined with archival data from the 1.4 GHz NVSS survey were used to derive the radio spectrum of the source. At a redshift $z \sim$ 0.33, J1615+5452 has a linear size of $\sim$ 100 kpc and spectral indices ranging between $\alpha^{ 1400}_{ 610} < -1.5$ and $\alpha^{ 325}_{ 150} = -0.61 \pm 0.12$. While the source has a diffuse radio emission at low frequencies, we do not find evidence of core, jets or hotspots in the 1.4\,GHz VLA data of $\sim 5$ arcsec angular resolution. Such morphological properties coupled with a curved radio spectrum suggest that the AGN fueling mechanisms undergo a shortage of energy supply which is typical of a dying radio AGN. This is consistent with the observed steep curvature in the spectrum $\Delta\alpha \approx -1$, the estimated synchrotron age of $t_{ \rm s}=76.0^{ +7.4}_{ -8.7}$ Myr and a $t_{ \rm off}/t_{ \rm s}$ ratio of $\sim 0.3$.
Categories: astro-ph.GA astro-ph.HE