We use Chandra, HST and VLA observations of M87 to investigate the physics of X-ray emission from AGN jets. We find that X-ray hotspots in the M87 jet occur primarily in regions with hard optical-to-X-ray spectra and lower than average polarization. Particle injection appears to be required both continuously in the jet sheath as well as locally at X-ray hotspots.
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0212381,
title = {X-ray Emission Diagnostics from the M87 Jet},
author = {Eric S. Perlman and Andrew S. Wilson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0212381},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, 2 figures, submitted to "The Physics of Relativistic Jets in the CHANDRA and XMM Era", Bologna 2002