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We report results from Chandra observations of the X-ray jet of 3C~273 during the calibration phase in 2000 January. The zeroeth-order images and spectra from two 40-ks exposures with the HETG and LETG+ACIS-S show a complex X-ray structure.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Rita M. Sambruna , C. Megan Urry , F. Tavecchio , L. Maraschi , R. Scarpa , G. Chartas , T. Muxlow

A puzzling feature of the {\it Chandra}--detected quasar jets is that their X-ray emission decreases faster along the jet than their radio emission, resulting to an outward increasing radio to X-ray ratio. In some sources this behavior is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Markos Georganopoulos , Demosthenes Kazanas

We present a ~100 ksec Chandra X-ray observation and new VLA radio data of the large scale, 300 kpc long X-ray jet in PKS1127-145, a radio loud quasar at redshift z=1.18. With this deep X-ray observation we now clearly discern the complex…

Despite the fact that jets from black holes were first understood to exist over 40 years ago, we are still in ignorance about many primary aspects of these systems -- including the radiation mechanism at high energies, the particle makeup…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-17 Eileen T. Meyer , Aamil Shaik , Karthik Reddy , Markos Georganopoulos

We describe our program to search for and study the kilo-parsec scale radio jets in a sample of high-redshift (greater than 3.4), flat spectrum quasars using new and archival VLA data. Two of these radio jets have been imaged with Chandra,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 C. C. Cheung , J. F. C. Wardle , N. P. Lee

We report the Chandra detection of an X-ray jet in 3C 15. The peak of the X-ray emission in the jet is 4.1'' (a projected distance of 5.1 kpc) from the nucleus, and coincident with a component previously identified in the radio and optical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. Kataoka , J. P. Leahy , P. G. Edwards , M. Kino , F. Takahara , Y. Serino , N. Kawai , A. R. Martel

This study focuses on high-redshift, z > 3, quasars where resolved X-ray jets remain underexplored in comparison to nearby sources. Building upon previous work, we identify and confirm extended kpc-scale jets emission in two quasars…

The X-ray spectrum of the Galactic microquasar SS 433 contains a rich set of emission lines of highly ionized atoms of heavy elements whose significant Doppler shift leaves no doubt that they are produced in collimated relativistic jets of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-05-27 P. Medvedev , I. Khabibullin , S. Sazonov

We report on our Chandra Cycle 9 program to observe half of the 60 (unobserved by Chandra) 3C radio sources at z<0.3 for 8 ksec each. Here we give the basic data: the X-ray intensity of the nuclei and any features associated with radio…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-18 F. Massaro , D. E. Harris , G. Tremblay , D. Axon , S. Baum , A. Capetti , M. Chiaberge , R. Gilli , G. Giovannini , P. Grandi , F. D. Macchetto , C. O'Dea , G. Risaliti , W. Sparks

I review the current knowledge of high-energy emission from extragalctic jets. First I discuss gamma-ray emission from blazars, which provides us numerous precious information on the innermost portions of the relativistic jets. I describe…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-09 Fabrizio Tavecchio

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 have used a deep Chandra observation of the central regions of the twin-jet FRI radio galaxy 3C31 to resolve the thermal X-ray emission in the central few kiloparsecs of the host galaxy, NGC 383, where the jets are thought to be…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. J. Hardcastle , D. M. Worrall , M. Birkinshaw , R. A. Laing , A. H. Bridle

The core-dominated radio-loud quasar PKS 0637-752 (z = 0.654) was the first celestial object observed with the Chandra X-ray Observatory, offering the early surprise of the detection of a remarkable X-ray jet. Several observations with a…

A summary is presented of a meeting on Particles and Fields in Radio Galaxies held in Oxford in August 2000. Recent detailed studies of radio maps and the first X-ray images from Chandra X-ray Observatory, together with new capabilities in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. D. Blandford

Context. Important information on the evolution of the jet can be obtained by comparing the physical state of the plasma at its propagation through the broad-line region (where the jet is most likely formed) into the intergalactic medium,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-06 D. Zargaryan , S. Gasparyan , V. Baghmanyan , N. Sahakyan

Recently X-ray emission from protostellar jets has been detected with both XMM-Newton and Chandra satellites, but the physical mechanism which can give rise to this emission is still unclear. We performed an extensive exploration of a wide…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 R. Bonito , S. Orlando , G. Peres , F. Favata , R. Rosner

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

We report on the second round of Chandra observations of the 3C snapshot survey developed to observe the complete sample of 3C radio sources with z<0.3 for 8 ksec each. In the first paper, we illustrated the basic data reduction and…

Jet physics is again flourishing as a result of Chandra's ability to resolve high-energy emission from the radio-emitting structures of active galaxies and separate it from the X-ray-emitting thermal environments of the jets. These enhanced…

Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-11 D. M. Worrall

Protostellar jets are known to emit in a wide range of bands, from radio to IR to optical bands, and to date also about ten X-ray emitting jets have been detected, with a rate of discovery of about one per year. We aim at investigating the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 R. Bonito , S. Orlando , M. Miceli , J. Eislöffel , G. Peres , F. Favata