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Shear particle acceleration is a promising candidate for the origin of extended high-energy emission in extra-galactic jets. In this paper, we explore the applicability of a shear model to 24 X-ray knots in the large-scale jets of FR II…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-23 Jia-Chun He , Xiao-Na Sun , Jie-Shuang Wang , Frank M. Rieger , Ruo-Yu Liu , En-Wei Liang

We investigate the dynamics and morphology of jets propagating into the interstellar medium using 2D relativistic hydrodynamic simulations. The calculations are performed assuming axisymmetric geometry and trace a long propagation of jets.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Akira Mizuta , Shoichi Yamada , Hideaki Takabe

We compile the radio-optical-X-ray spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of 65 knots and 29 hotspots in 41 active galactic nucleus jets to examine their high energy radiation mechanisms. Their SEDs can be fitted with the single-zone leptonic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-05-16 Jin Zhang , Shen-shi Du , Sheng-Chu Guo , Hai-Ming Zhang , Liang Chen , En-Wei Liang , Shuang-Nan Zhang

This paper is a brief review of the processes responsible for X-ray emission from radio jets, lobes and hot spots. Possible photons in inverse Compton scattering models include the radio synchrotron radiation itself (i.e. synchrotron…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Andrew S. Wilson

We present a multiwavelength analysis of the simultaneous optical and X-ray light curves of the microquasar V404 Cyg during the June 2015 outburst. We have performed a comprehensive analysis of all the INTEGRAL/IBIS, JEM-X, and OMC…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-12-12 J. Alfonso-Garzón , C. Sánchez-Fernández , P. A. Charles , J. M. Mas-Hesse , P. Gandhi , M. Kimura , A. Domingo , J. Rodriguez , J. Chenevez

We consider the transverse structure and stability properties of relativistic jets formed in the course of the collapse of a massive progenitor. Our numerical simulations show the presence of a strong shear in the bulk velocity of such…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. -A. Aloy , J. -M. Ibanez , J. -A. Miralles , V. Urpin

A newly identified kiloparsec-scale X-ray jet in the high-redshift z=3.89 quasar 1745+624 is studied with multi-frequency Very Large Array, Hubble Space Telescope, and Chandra X-ray imaging data. This is only the third large-scale X-ray jet…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 C. C. Cheung , L. Stawarz , A. Siemiginowska

We present simultaneous radio through sub-mm observations of the black hole X-ray binary (BHXB) V404 Cygni during the most active phase of its June 2015 outburst. Our $4$ hour long set of overlapping observations with the Very Large Array,…

Gamma-ray bursts are most luminous explosions in the universe. Their ejecta are believed to move towards Earth with a relativistic speed. The interaction between this "relativistic jet" and a circum burst medium drives a pair of (forward…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 He Gao , Wei-Hua Lei , Yuan-Chuan Zou , Xue-Feng Wu , Bing Zhang

Among unidentified gamma-ray sources in the galactic plane, there are some that present significant variability and have been proposed to be high-mass microquasars. To deepen the study of the possible association between variable low…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 V. Bosch-Ramon , J. M. Paredes , G. E. Romero , D. F. Torres

The origin of prompt emission in GRBs is not yet well understood. The simplest and most popular model is Synchrotron, Self-Compton (SSC) emission produced by internal shocks inside an ultra-relativistic jet. However, recent observations of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-17 Houri Ziaeepour , Brian Gardner

Unveiling the launching and driving mechanisms of powerful jets in active galactic nuclei (AGNs) is crucial for understanding the co-evolution of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) and their host galaxies. 1156+295 is a blazar at a redshift…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-24 Wancheng Xu , Lang Cui , Tao An , Sándor Frey , Xin Wang , Yuanqi Liu , Ning Chang , Liang Chen , Yingkang Zhang

I describe the modifications to the standard forward-shock model required to account for the X-ray light-curve features discovered by Swift in the early afterglow emission and propose that a delayed, pair-enriched, and highly relativistic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 A. Panaitescu

We report the first detection, with Chandra, of X-ray emission from the jet of the powerful narrow-line radio galaxy 3C 346. X-rays are detected from the bright radio and optical knot at which the jet apparently bends by about 70 degrees.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 D. M. Worrall , M. Birkinshaw

Flows of synchrotron-emitting material can be found in several astrophysical contexts, including extragalactic jets and pulsar-wind nebulae (PWNe). For X-ray synchrotron emission, flow times are often longer than electron radiative…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 S. P. Reynolds

Extragalactic jets exhibit a wide range of propagation orientations relative to the host galaxy's principal axis. This study investigate the spatiotemporal evolution of jets as a function of their propagation direction within their triaxial…

This article gives a brief historical introduction and reviews our current understanding of jets in radio galaxies and quasars from an observational perspective, with an emphasis on observations at radio wavelengths. Recent results on the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-12-21 D. J. Saikia

A very detailed monitoring of a radio flare in the Seyfert I galaxy III Zw 2 with the VLA and the VLBA is presented. The relative astrometry in the VLBA observations was precise on a level of a few microarcseconds. Spectral and spatial…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Brunthaler , H. Falcke , G. C. Bower , M. F. Aller , H. D. Aller , H. Teraesranta

X-ray observations of kilo-parsec scale jets indicate that a synchrotron origin of the sustained non-thermal emission is likely. This requires distributed acceleration of electrons up to near PeV energies along the jet. The underlying…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-05-26 Jie-Shuang Wang , Brian Reville , Ruo-Yu Liu , Frank M. Rieger , Felix A. Aharonian

We present new, high dynamic range VLA images of the inner jet of the closest radio galaxy, Centaurus A. Over a ten-year baseline we detect apparent sub-luminal motions (v ~ 0.5c) in the jet on scales of hundreds of pc. The inferred speeds…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 M. J. Hardcastle , D. M. Worrall , R. P. Kraft , W. R. Forman , C. Jones , S. S. Murray