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We present an XMM observation of the radio jet and diffuse halo of the nearby radio galaxy NGC6251. The EPIC spectrum of the galaxy's halo is best-fitted by a thermal model with temperature kT~1.6 keV and subsolar abundances. Interestingly,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 R. M. Sambruna , M. Gliozzi , D. Donato , F. Tavecchio , C. C. Cheung , R. Mushotzky

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 report on the X-ray properties of the radio galaxy NGC 4261, combining information from the XMM, Chandra, and SAX satellites. Goals of this study are to investigate the origin of the X-rays from this low-power radio galaxy and the nature…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Gliozzi , R. M. Sambruna , W. N. Brandt

We report sub arc-second resolution X-ray imaging-spectroscopy of the archetypal type 2 Seyfert galaxy NGC 1068 with the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The observations reveal the detailed structure and spectra of the 13 kpc-extent nebulosity…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 A. J. Young , A. S. Wilson , P. L. Shopbell

We report on the nuclear X-ray properties of the radio galaxy NGC 6251 observed with XMM-Newton. NGC 6251 is a well-known radio galaxy with intermediate FRI/II radio properties. It is optically classified as a Seyfert 2 and hosts a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Gliozzi , R. M. Sambruna , W. N. Brandt , R. Mushotzky , M. Eracleous

We examine a systematic comparison of jet-knots, hotspots and radio lobes recently observed with Chandra and ASCA. This report will discuss the origin of their X-ray emissions and investigate the dynamics of the jets. The data was compiled…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Jun Kataoka , Lukasz Stawarz

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

We report the Chandra detection of resolved X-ray emission of luminosity 3.5 \times 10^{40} ergs s^{-1} (0.4--4.5 keV) and power-law energy spectral index alpha = 1.5 \pm 0.7 from a roughly 10 arcsec length of the north-west radio jet in…

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

We discuss the extended X-ray emission seen in three archival Chandra observations, and one archival XMM-Newton observation, of the FRII radio galaxy Pictor A. The overall properties of the X-ray lobes are consistent with the conclusions of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. J. Hardcastle , J. H. Croston

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

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

We present Chandra X-ray results for the jet, nucleus, and gaseous atmosphere of NGC 315, a nearby radio galaxy whose jet kinematics are known through deep radio mapping. Diffuse X-ray synchrotron emission is detected from the jet out to 30…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 D. M. Worrall , M. Birkinshaw , R. A. Laing , W. D. Cotton , A. H. Bridle

We present the first results from an XMM-Newton observation of the FRI galaxy NGC 4261, which harbors a supermassive black hole and a low-ionization nuclear emission-line region (LINER). Here we focus on the X-ray properties of the nucleus,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 R. M. Sambruna , M. Gliozzi , M. Eracleous , W. N. Brandt , R. Mushotzky

We present X-ray spectra of the nucleus of the nearby radio galaxy Centaurus A from observations with the XMM-Newton EPIC CCD cameras (two exposures separated by 12 months) and the Chandra HETGS. For the first time in an FRI type galaxy, we…

We present the Chandra imaging and spectral analysis of NGC 4968, a nearby (z = 0.00986) Seyfert 2 galaxy. We discover extended ($\sim$1 kpc) X-ray emission in the soft band (0.5 - 2 keV) that is neither coincident with the narrow line…

We present Chandra and XMM-Newton X-ray data of NGC5253, a local starbursting dwarf elliptical galaxy, in the early stages of a starburst episode. Contributions to the X-ray emission come from discrete point sources and extended diffuse…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Lesley K. Summers , Ian R. Stevens , David K. Strickland , Timothy M. Heckman

We present a Chandra ACIS-S observation of the nuclear region of the nearby spiral galaxy M51 (NGC 5194), which has a low-luminosity Seyfert 2 nucleus. The X-ray image shows the nucleus, southern extranuclear cloud, and northern loop, the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Yuichi Terashima , Andrew S. Wilson

We report a spatially resolved, X-ray spectral analysis of NGC 4258 using archival {\it Chandra} and {\it XMM-Newton} observations. The {\it XMM-Newton} spectra of the nuclear region are well described by two power-law components, a soft…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Y. Yang , B. Li , A. S. Wilson , C. S. Reynolds

Recent radio VLBI observations of the ~parsec-scale nuclear region of the narrow line Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 4051 hint toward the presence of outflowing plasma. From available literature we have collected high-quality, high-resolution…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 Dipankar Maitra , Jon M. Miller , Sera Markoff , Ashley King
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