An X-ray jet in the BL Lac S5 2007+777
Astrophysics
2007-07-11 v2
Abstract
The BL Lac S5 2007+777 was observed by us with Chandra, to find the X-ray counterpart to its 18" radio jet, and study its structure. Indeed, a bright X-ray jet was discovered in the 33 ks ACIS-S image of the source. We present its properties and briefly discuss the implications.
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@article{arxiv.0707.1321,
title = {An X-ray jet in the BL Lac S5 2007+777},
author = {R. M. Sambruna and D. Donato and C. C. Cheung and F. Tavecchio and L. Maraschi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0707.1321},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
5 pages, 2 figures, to be published in the Proceedings of the conference "Extragalactic Jets - Theory and Observation from Radio to Gamma Ray-", May 21-24 2007, Girdwood, Alaska; revised authorship