X-Ray Emission from Extragalactic Jets

By D. Harris, H. Krawczynski. 2006

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AbstractThis review focuses on the X-ray emission processes of extragalactic jets on scales resolvable by the subarcsec resolution of the Chandra X-ray Observatory. It is divided into four parts. The introductory section reviews the classical problems for jets, as well as those associated directly with the X-ray emission. Throughout this section, we deal with the dualisms of low-powered radio sources versus high-powered radio galaxies and quasars and of synchrotron models versus inverse Compton models; and the distinction between the relativistic plasma responsible for the received radiation and the medium responsible for the transport of energy down the jet. The second section collects the observational and inferred parameters for the currently detected X-ray jets and attempts to put their relative sizes and luminosities in perspective. In the third section we first give the relevant radio and optical jet characteristics, and then examine the details of the X-ray data and how they can be related to vario...

Subfields: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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1. Xue-Ning Bai
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6. N. J. Turner
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2. James M. Stone
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7. S. Mineshige

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• LOCAL STUDY OF ACCRETION DISKS WITH A STRONG VERTICAL MAGNETIC FIELD: MAGNETOROTATIONAL INSTABILITY AND DISK OUTFLOW (2012, background): “…& Bally 2001; Cabrit 2007), X-ray binaries (e.g., Mirabel & Rodŕıguez 1999; Fender 2006) and active galactic nuclei (e.g., Begelman et al. 1984; Harris & Krawczynski 2006) is indicative of the presence of large-scale (poloidal) magnetic field threading through the disk, which is essential…”
• Heating Hot Atmospheres with Active Galactic Nuclei (2007, background): “Synchrotron radiation reveals only the existence of relativistic electrons and magnetic fields, not their momentum flux and power (Begelman et al. 1984; Harris & Krawczynski 2006).”