We present results from observations obtained with ISOPHOT, on board the ISO
satellite, of a representative sample of seventeen CSS/GPS radio galaxies and
of a control sample of sixteen extended radio galaxies spanning similar ranges
in redshift (0.2 = 10^26 W/Hz).
The observations have been performed at lambda = 60, 90, 174 and 200 microns.
Seven of the CSS/GPS sources have detections >= 3 sigma at one or more
wavelengths, one of which is detected at >= 5 sigma. By co-adding the data we
have obtained average flux densities at the four wavelengths. We found no
evidence that the FIR luminosities of the CSS/GPS sources are significantly
different from those of the extended objects and therefore there is not any
support for CSS/GPS sources being objects "frustrated" by an abnormally dense
ambient medium. The two samples were then combined, providing FIR information
on a new sample of radio galaxies at intermediate redshifts. We compare this
information with what previously known from IRAS and discuss the average
properties of radio galaxies in the redshift range 0.2 - 0.8. The FIR emission
cannot be accounted for by extrapolation of the synchrotron radio spectrum and
we attribute it to thermal dust emission. The average FIR luminosity is >=
6*10^11 L_sun. Over the observed frequency range the infrared spectrum can be
described by a power law with spectral index alpha >~1.0 +/- 0.2. Assuming the
emission to be due to dust, a range of temperatures is required, from >=80 K to
\~25 K. The dust masses required to explain the FIR emission range from 5*10^5
M_sun for the hotter component up to 2*10^8 M_sun for the colder one.
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