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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 a multi-wavelength polarimetric and spectral study of M87 jet obtained at sub- arcsecond resolution between 2002 and 2008. The observations include multi-band archival VLA polarimetry data sets along with the HST imaging…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-11-15 Sayali S. Avachat , Eric S. Perlman , Steven C. Adams , Mihai Cara , Frazer Owen , William B. Sparks , Markos Georganopoulos

This is the first in a series of papers that introduces a new paradigm for understanding the jet in M87: a collimated relativistic flow in which strong magnetic fields play a dominant dynamical role. Here wefocus on the flow downstream of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 Masanori Nakamura , David Garofalo , David L. Meier

Chandra HRC observations are investigated for evidence of proper motion and brightness changes in the X-ray jet of the nearby radio galaxy M87. Using images spanning 5 yr, proper motion is measured in the X-ray knot HST-1, with a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-07-10 Bradford Snios , Paul E. J. Nulsen , Ralph P. Kraft , C. C. Cheung , Eileen T. Meyer , William R. Forman , Christine Jones , Stephen S. Murray

We report a solar jet phenomenon associated with the C5.4 class flare on 2014 November 11. The data of jet was provided by Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), X-Ray Telescope (XRT) aboard Hinode, Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-31 Takahito Sakaue , Akiko Tei , Ayumi Asai , Satoru Ueno , Kiyoshi Ichimoto , Kazunari Shibata

The observed radio-optical-X-ray spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of 22 hot spots and 45 knots in the jets of 35 active galactic nuclei are complied from literature and modeled with single-zone lepton models. It is found that the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-20 Jin Zhang , J. M. Bai , Liang Chen , Enwei Liang

We investigate the total flux density, spectral, polarization, and Faraday rotation variability of HST-1 in the M87 jet during the outburst from 2003 to 2007 through multi-epoch VLA observations at 8, 15, and 22 GHz. Contrary to the general…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Y. J. Chen , G. -Y. Zhao , Z. -Q. Shen

Knots or blobs observed in astrophysical jets are commonly interpreted as shock waves moving along them. Long time observations of the HST-1 knot inside the jet of the galaxy M87 have produced detailed multi-wavelength light curves. In this…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-08-17 Y. Coronado , O. López-Corona , S. Mendoza

We present the statistical analysis of 33 flare-related coronal jets, and discuss the link between the jet and the flare properties in these events. We selected jets that were observed between 2010 and 2016 by the Atmospheric Imaging…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-12 Sophie Musset , Mariana Jeunon , Lindsay Glesener

We present the results of a search of the XMM-Newton public data archive for stellar X-ray flares. We find eight flaring sources for which we identify 7 optical counterparts. Three of these sources have distance estimates which allow us to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Duncan Trenholme , Gavin Ramsay , Carl Foley

Solar flares are explosive releases of magnetic energy. Hard X-ray (HXR) flare emission originates from both hot (millions of Kelvin) plasma and nonthermal accelerated particles, giving insight into flare energy release. The Nuclear…

We present the first JWST+NIRCam images of the giant elliptical active galaxy M87 and its jet at 0.90, 1.50, 2.77 and 3.56 $\mu$m. We analysed the large-scale jet structure, identifying prominent components, and determined the near-infrared…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-24 Jan Röder , Maciek Wielgus , Joseph B. Jensen , Gagandeep S. Anand , R. Brent Tully

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

The routinely flaring events from \sgras\ trace dynamic, high-energy processes in the immediate vicinity of the supermassive black hole. We statistically study temporal and spectral properties, as well as fluence and duration distributions,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-10-20 Qiang Yuan , Q. Daniel Wang , Siming Liu , Kinwah Wu

We present new Chandra and HST data for four gamma-ray blazars selected on the basis of radio morphology with the aim of revealing X-ray and optical emission from their jets at large scales. All the sources have been detected. Spectral…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 F. Tavecchio , L. Maraschi , A. Wolter , C. C. Cheung , R. M. Sambruna , C. M. Urry

We present a multi-wavelength analysis of two flare-related jets on November 13, 2014, using data from SDO/AIA, RHESSI, Hinode/XRT, and IRIS. Unlike most coronal jets where hard X-ray (HXR) emissions are usually observed near the jet base,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-13 Yixian Zhang , Sophie Musset , Lindsay Glesener , Navdeep Panesar , Gregory Fleishman

Stationary features are occasionally observed in AGN jets. A notable example is the HST-1 knot in M87. Such features are commonly interpreted as re-confinement shocks in hydrodynamic jets or focusing nozzles in Poynting jets. In this paper…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-12-21 Amir Levinson , Noemie Globus

Solar and stellar flares are powerful events which produce intense radiation across the electromagnetic spectrum. Multiwavelength observations are highly important for understanding the nature of flares, because different flare-related…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-12 Alexey A. Kuznetsov , Dmitrii Y. Kolotkov

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 an updated catalog of 113 X-ray flares detected by Swift in the ~33% of the X-ray afterglows of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRB). 43 flares have a measured redshift. For the first time the analysis is performed in 4 different X-ray energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-18 G. Chincarini , J. Mao , R. Margutti , M. G. Bernardini , C. Guidorzi , F. Pasotti , D. Giannios , M. Della Valle , A. Moretti , P. Romano , P. D'Avanzo , G. Cusumano , P. Giommi