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Chandra snapshot observations of the three most distant quasars then known, at redshifts 5.82, 5.99, and 6.28, gave signficant detections even in the short, 6 -- 8 ks, observations. The X-ray to optical luminosity ratios indicate that…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. A. Schwartz , C. C. Cheung , J. F. C. Wardle

The reason for the difference in the composite X-ray spectrum between radio-loud quasars (RLQs) and radio-quiet quasars (RQQs) is still unclear. To study this difference, we built a new composite X-ray spectrum of RLQs by using Chandra…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-04-22 Minhua Zhou , Minfeng Gu

We present high angular resolution X-ray images and spectra from two {\em Chandra} ACIS-I observations of the X-ray jet in the nearby radio galaxy Centaurus A. We find that the X-ray emission from the jet is composed of a low surface…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 R. P. Kraft , W. R. Forman , C. Jones , S. S. Murray , M. J. Hardcastle , D. M. Worrall

Over 150 resolved, kpc-scale X-ray jets hosted by active galactic nuclei have been discovered with the Chandra X-ray Observatory. A significant fraction of these jets have an X-ray spectrum either too high in flux or too hard to be…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-12-07 Peter Breiding , Eileen T. Meyer , Markos Georganopoulos , Karthik Reddy , Kassidy E. Kollmann , Agniva Roychowdhury

With its exquisite spatial resolution of better than 0.5 arcsecond, the Chandra observatory is uniquely capable of resolving and studying the spatial structure of extragalactic X-ray jets on scales of a few to a few hundred kilo-parsec. Our…

In this paper we report the first stages of an investigation into the X-ray properties of extragalactic jets. Our approach is to subject all sources for which X-ray emission has been detected by Chandra to uniform reduction procedures.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 F. Massaro , D. E. Harris , C. C. Cheung

This paper presents XMM-Newton and Chandra X-ray spectroscopy of ten flat-spectrum radio quasars (FSRQ) which are candidates to have an X-ray spectrum dominated by jet synchrotron emission. In all these FSRQ, which are less strongly…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 Hermine Landt , Paolo Padovani , Paolo Giommi , Matteo Perri , Chi C. Cheung

We present new Chandra observations of 21 z>4 quasars, including 11 sources at z>5. These observations double the number of X-ray detected quasars at z>5, allowing investigation of the X-ray spectral properties of a substantial sample of…

Whether radio intermediate quasars possess relativistic jets as radio-loud quasars is an important issue in the understanding of the origin of radio emission in quasars. In this letter, using the two-epoch radio data obtained during Faint…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Tinggui Wang , Hongyan Zhou , Junxian Wang , Youjun Lu , Yu Lu

A recent Chandra observation of the nearby galaxy cluster Abell 585 has led to the discovery of an extended X-ray jet associated with the high-redshift background quasar B3 0727+409, a luminous radio source at redshift z=2.5. This is one of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-01-13 A. Simionescu , Ł. Stawarz , Y. Ichinohe , C. C. Cheung , M. Jamrozy , A. Siemiginowska , K. Hagino , P. Gandhi , N. Werner

A Chandra observation of the radio-loud quasar 3C9 at redshift z=2.012 has revealed extended X-ray emission coincident with the radio jet. Of particular interest is the appearance of both jet and counterjet, which argues against the X-ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. C. Fabian , A. Celotti , R. M. Johnstone

We present a detailed study of the X-ray, optical and radio emission from the jet, lobes and core of the quasar PKS 2101-490 as revealed by new Chandra, HST and ATCA images. We extract the radio to X-ray spectral energy distributions from…

The jet of the quasar 3C273 is observed at different spectral bands. This jet has a knot structure. Jet radiation in radio and optical bands are connected with synchrotron mechanism, while the emission mechanism producing the X-rays is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-12-11 E. Yu. Bannikova , M. S. Mykhailova

We present results from a 49.4 ks Chandra/ACIS-S observation of the nearby ($z$=0.059) X-shaped FRII radio galaxy 3C~403. This is the first Chandra observation of an X-shaped radio galaxy, and one of the goals of this pioneering study is to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 R. P. Kraft , M. J. Hardcastle , D. M. Worrall , S. S. Murray

We consider the emission processes in the large-scale jets of powerful quasars based on the results obtained with the VLA, Spitzer, Hubble, and Chandra. We show that two well-known jets, 3C 273 and PKS 1136-135, have two distinct spectral…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-03-10 Yasunobu Uchiyama

This review focuses on the X-ray emission processes of extra-galactic jets on scales resolvable by the sub arcsec resolution of the Chandra X-ray Observatory. It is divided into 4 parts. The introductory chapter reviews the classical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 D. E. Harris , Henric Krawczynski

We present multiwaveband observations of a well selected sample of 28 quasars and two radio galaxies with flat radio spectra and strong millimeter wave emission (referred to here as FSRQ's). The observations include multifrequency VLBI…

For the interpretation of X-ray radiation from kiloparsec jets of quasars, the inverse Compton scattering of the cosmic microwave background has been widely used for almost 20 years. A recent analysis of the Fermi-LAT observational data…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-12-10 M. S. Butuzova , A. B. Pushkarev , E. S. Shablovinskaya , S. V. Nazarov

It is currently unknown whether the Universe was reionized by quasars or stars at z>5. We point out that quasars can be best distinguished from stellar systems by their X-ray emission. Based on a simple hierarchical CDM model, we predict…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Zoltan Haiman , Abraham Loeb

We report on a search for X-ray emission from quasars with redshifts greater than four using the ROSAT public database. Our search has doubled the number of z>4 quasars detected in X-rays from 6 to 12. Most of those known prior to this work…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Shai Kaspi , W. N. Brandt , Donald P. Schneider