Current Problems for X-ray Emission from Radio Jets
Abstract
A list is presented of known extragalactic radio jets which also have associated X-ray emission. The canonical emission processes for the production of X-rays are reviewed and the sources are categorized on the basis of our current understanding. Although it seems clear that the X-ray emission is non-thermal, the two competing processes, synchrotron and inverse Compton emissions, arise from extremely high energy (synchrotron) or extremely low energy (beaming models with IC emission), relativistic electrons. Only synchrotron self-Compton emission from a few hotspots provides information on the `normal' energy range of the electrons responsible for the observed radio emission.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0012374,
title = {Current Problems for X-ray Emission from Radio Jets},
author = {D. E. Harris},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0012374},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
9 pages (including 2 figures) to be published in 'Particles and Fields in Radio Galaxies', an ASP Conference Series on the proceedings of the Oxford workshop held 2000 August, R. A. Laing and K. M. Blundell, editors