The large-scale relativistic jet and low-luminosity spectrum of GX 339-4

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Sep 2003

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Despite more than 30 years of study, relativistic jets from AGN and galactic microquasars are not well understood. Recently, Chandra observations of X-ray jets from AGN have advanced considerably our knowledge of jet physics on large scales. Spectacular Chandra observations of the black hole candidate (BHC) XTE J1550-564 revealed a moving, decelerating, X-ray jet resulting from an ejection event four years earlier, and accelerating electrons in situ to TeV energies. We have radio evidence for a similar sequence of events from the long-term BHC GX 339-4, in which a 5-10 arcsec jet has been formed following a major ejection in 2002 May, and a further ejection event seems to be underway. We request Chandra imaging to perform a morphological, spectral and time-variability study of this jet.

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