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The flux and the spectral index in X-ray energy band from the knots of M87 jet as observed by {\it{Chandra}} indicate a possible synchrotron origin but cannot be explained by simple one zone models with continuous injection of non-thermal…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Sahayanathan

We summarize HST observations of the M87 jet, concentrating on polarimetry and spectral index maps, and compare its optical and radio structures. The evidence now supports a stratified model for the structure of the jet, whereby…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Eric Perlman , William Sparks , John Biretta , Duccio Macchetto , J. Patrick Leahy

We reanalyze the deep Chandra observations of the M87 jet, first examined by Wilson & Yang (2002). By employing an analysis chain that includes image deconvolution, knots HST-1 and I are fully separated from adjacent emission. We find…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Eric S. Perlman , Andrew S. Wilson

We report X-ray imaging - spectroscopy of the jet of M87 at sub arc second resolution with the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The galaxy nucleus and all the knots seen at radio and optical wavelengths, as far from the nucleus as knot C, are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. S. Wilson , Y. Yang

We present 1998 HST observations of M87 which yield the first single-epoch optical and radio-optical spectral index images of the jet at $0.15''$ resolution. We find $<\alpha_{ro} > \approx 0.67$, comparable to previous measurements, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Eric S. Perlman , John Biretta , William Sparks , Duccio Macchetto , J. Patrick Leahy

We present new ultraviolet photometry of the jet in M87 obtained from HST WFPC2 imaging. We combine these ultraviolet data with previously published photometry for the knots of the jet in radio, optical, and X-ray, and fit three theoretical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 C. Z. Waters , S. E. Zepf

To interpret the emission of knots in the 3C 273 jet from radio to X-rays, we propose a synchrotron model in which, owing to the shock compression effect, the injection spectra from a shock into the upstream and downstream emission regions…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 Wen-Po Liu , Y. J. Chen , Chun-Cheng Wang

In this thesis, models have been developed to study the radiation emission processes from the knots of AGN jets as well as for blazar jets. A continuous injection plasma model is developed to study the X-ray emission from the knots of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-09-08 B. Sunder Sahayanathan

We present the first high resolution X-ray image of the jet in M 87 using the Chandra X-ray Observatory. There is clear structure in the jet and almost all of the optically bright knots are detected individually. The unresolved core is the…

We propose that the intensity changes and spectral evolution along the M87 jet can be explained by adiabatic changes to the particle momentum distribution function and the magnetic field. This is supported by the lack of any significant…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 S. Heinz , M. C. Begelman

Flattenings of nonthermal radiation spectra observed from knots and interknot locations of the jets of 3C273 and M87 in UV and X-ray bands are discussed within modern models of magnetic field generation in the relativistic jets.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Gregory D. Fleishman

We monitored the M87 jet with the ACIS-S detector on Chandra with 5 observations between 2002 Jan and 2002 Jul. Our goal was to determine the presence and degree of variability in morphology, intensity, and spectral parameters. We find…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 D. E. Harris

The X-ray emission from the jets in Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) carries important information on the distributions of relativistic electrons and magnetic fields on large scales. We reanalyze archival Chandra observations on the jet of M87…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-05-09 Xiao-Na Sun , Rui-Zhi Yang , Frank M. Rieger , Ruo-yu Liu , Felix Aharonian

We discuss morphological properties of the large-scale jets in powerful radio sources, which are now observed at radio, optical and X-ray frequencies, in order to determine the origin of their X-ray radiation and the nature of the particle…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 L. Stawarz , M. Sikora , M. Ostrowski , M. C. Begelman

We investigate the interaction between relativistic jets and supernova (SN) ejecta as a potential origin of X-ray knots in radio galaxies, employing knot A in M 87 as a test case. By modeling the dynamical evolution of the interaction, we…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-06 Jia-Chun He , Xiao-Na Sun , Hao-Qiang Zhang , Yun-Feng Liang , Hai-Ming Zhang , Da-Bin Lin , En-Wei Liang

Recently, the IC/CMB X-ray mechanism has been strongly disfavoured for 3C 273 and PKS 0637-752 since the anomalously hard and steady gamma-ray emission predicted by such models violates the observational results from Fermi-LAT. Here we…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-02-03 Wrijupan Bhattacharyya , Nayantara Gupta

The widespread detection of synchrotron X-ray emission from the jets of low-power, nearby radio galaxies implies the presence of electrons at and above TeV energies. In this paper we explore the possibility that the TeV gamma-rays detected…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 M. J. Hardcastle , J. H. Croston

M87 has been recently shown to be a TeV source which is likely to be variable. Based on this, and on contemporaneous optical and X-ray monitoring, we argue that the source of the TeV emission is the core of M87 and not one of two jet knots…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Markos Georganopoulos , Eric S. Perlman , Demosthenes Kazanas

A widely discussed explanation for the origin of the X-ray emission observed from knots in extended quasar jets with the Chandra X-ray Obseratory is Compton-scattered CMBR by electrons with Lorentz factors $\gamma^\prime \sim 10^2$. This…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Atoyan , C. D. Dermer

The jet may compress an interstellar medium and soft X-ray may be absorbed outside the jet by a compressed interstellar medium and thermal emission heated by a shock is expected inside the jet. I analyze X-ray image of surroundings of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-11-14 S. Osone
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