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We present the results obtained from exploratory Chandra observations of nine high-redshift (z=4.09-4.51) quasars, selected from among the optically brightest Palomar Digital Sky Survey quasars known. Their broad-band spectral energy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 C. Vignali , W. N. Brandt , D. P. Schneider , G. P. Garmire , S. Kaspi

We report exploratory \chandra\ observation of the ultraluminous quasar SDSS J010013.02+280225.8 at redshift 6.30. The quasar is clearly detected by \chandra\ with a possible component of extended emission. The rest-frame 2-10 keV…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-06-08 Yanli Ai , Liming Dou , Xiaohui Fan , Feige Wang , Xue-Bing Wu , Fuyan Bian

The BL Lac S5 2007+777 was observed by us with Chandra, to find the X-ray counterpart to its 18" radio jet, and study its structure. Indeed, a bright X-ray jet was discovered in the 33 ks ACIS-S image of the source. We present its…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-07-11 R. M. Sambruna , D. Donato , C. C. Cheung , F. Tavecchio , L. Maraschi

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

Unexpectedly strong X-ray emission from extragalactic radio jets on kiloparsec scales has been one of the major discoveries of Chandra, the only X-ray observatory capable of sub-arcsecond-scale imaging. The origin of this X-ray emission,…

We present the X-ray images of all the available Chandra observations of the galactic jet source SS 433. We have studied the morphology of the X-ray images and inspected the evolution of the arcsec X-ray jets, recently found to be…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 S. Migliari , R. P. Fender , K. M. Blundell , M. Mendez , M. van der Klis

The Chandra X-ray observatory has proven to be a vital tool for studying high-energy emission processes in jets associated with Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN).We have compiled a sample of 27 AGN selected from the radio flux-limited MOJAVE…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 Brandon Hogan , Matthew Lister , Preeti Kharb , Herman Marshall , Nathan Cooper

Since its launch in 1999, the Chandra X-ray observatory has discovered several dozen X-ray jets associated with powerful quasars. In many cases the X-ray spectrum is hard and appears to come from a second spectral component. The most…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-11-16 Peter Breiding , Eileen T. Meyer , Markos Georganopoulos , M. E. Keenan , N. S. DeNigris , Jennifer Hewitt

Chandra X-ray observations of the high redshift (z =1.532) radio-loud quasar 3C270.1 in 2008 February show the nucleus to have a power-law spectrum, Gamma = 1.66 +/- 0.08, typical of a radio-loud quasar, and a marginally-detected Fe Kalpha…

The high spatial resolution of the Chandra X-ray Observatory allows us to study the environment of GPS/CSS sources to within an arcsec of the strong compact core. We present the discovery of X-ray jets in two GPS quasars, PKS1127-145 and B2…

We have discovered an X-ray jet due to material ejected from the black hole X-ray transient XTE J1550-564. The discovery was first reported by Corbel et al. (Science, 298, 196 and astro-ph/0210224), and here, we present an analysis of the…

X-ray emission from large scale extragalactic jets is likely to be due to inverse Compton scattering of relativistic particles off seed photons of both the cosmic microwave background field and the blazar nucleus. The first process…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 A. Celotti , G. Ghisellini , M. Chiaberge

Our Chandra observation of the FRI radio galaxy 3C66B has resulted in the first detection of an X-ray counterpart to the previously known radio, infra-red and optical jet. The X-ray jet is detected up to 7 arcsec from the core and has a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-13 M. J. Hardcastle , M. Birkinshaw , D. M. Worrall

We report on new Chandra exploratory observations of six candidate Type 2 quasars at z=0.49-0.73 selected among the most [OIII] luminous emitters from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Under the assumption that [OIII] is a proxy for the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 C. Vignali , D. M. Alexander , A. Comastri

Black holes of stellar mass and neutron stars in binary systems are first detected as hard X-ray sources using high-energy space telescopes. Relativistic jets in some of these compact sources are found by means of multiwavelength…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 I. Felix Mirabel , Luis F. Rodriguez

We present submillimetre continuum observations of a sample of some of the highest redshift quasars currently known, made with the SCUBA bolometer array on the JCMT. The median redshift of the sample is 5.3. Two z>5 objects are strong (6…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Robert S. Priddey , Kate G. Isaak , Richard G. McMahon , E. I. Robson , C. P. Pearson

We present Spitzer observations of thirteen z~6 quasars using the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) and Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer (MIPS). All the quasars except SDSS J000552.34-000655.8 (SDSS J0005-0006) were detected with high…

We report on Chandra and XMM-Newton observations of a sample of 13 quasars at z~4.7-5.4 mostly taken from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). The present sample complements previous X-ray studies of z>4 quasars, in which the majority of…

We have completed a Chandra snapshot survey of 54 radio jets that are extended on arcsec scales. These are associated with flat spectrum radio quasars spanning a redshift range z=0.3 to 2.1. X-ray emission is detected from the jet of…

The Chandra X-ray observatory has discovered dozens of resolved, kiloparsec-scale jets associated with powerful quasars in which the X-ray fluxes are observed to be much higher than the expected level based on the radio-optical synchrotron…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 Eileen T. Meyer , Markos Georganopoulos , William B. Sparks , Leith Godfrey , James E. J. Lovell , Eric Perlman