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Unveiling the nature of extragalactic jets with Chandra observations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2011

F. Massaro ,
C. C. Cheung  and
D. E. Harris
F. Massaro
Affiliation:
Harvard - Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Center for Astrophysics60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA email: fmassaro@head.cfa.harvard.edu
C. C. Cheung
Affiliation:
NRL/NRC, 4555 Overlook Ave SW, Washington, DC, 20375USA
D. E. Harris
Affiliation:
Harvard - Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Center for Astrophysics60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA email: fmassaro@head.cfa.harvard.edu
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Abstract

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In 1974 Fanaroff & Riley divided the extended radio sources into two classes, on the basis of their radio morphology and power. For several years we have been collecting basic parameters for extragalactic jets detected in the X-rays, looking for an extension of the classification criterion, based on their radio and X-rays properties. The fact that different processes have been proposed to explain their X-ray radiation, (synchrotron vs inverse Compton emission) suggests the possibility of a new classification scheme. However, comparing the radio-to-X-ray properties of the extragalactic jets, several aspects on their nature became unexpectedly unclear.

Keywords

radiation mechanisms: non-thermalX-rays: galaxiesgalaxies: activegalaxies: jets
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 6 , Symposium S275: Jets at all Scales , September 2010 , pp. 160 - 163
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2011

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