Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-12-21
Astrophys.J. 622 (2005) 830-841
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal. It is tentatively scheduled for the ApJ 10 April 2005, v623 1 issue
Scientific paper
10.1086/428280
We report Chandra X-ray Observatory and 1.4 GHz Australian Long Baseline Array (LBA) observations of the radio galaxy PKS 2153--69 and its environment. The Chandra image reveals a roughly spherical halo of hot gas extending out to 30 kpc around PKS 2153--69. Two depressions in the surface brightness of the X-ray halo correspond to the large scale radio lobes, and interpreting these as cavities inflated with radio plasma we infer a jet power of 4x10^42 erg/s. Both radio lobes contain hot spots that are detected by Chandra. In addition, the southern hot spot is detected in the 1.4 GHz LBA observation, providing the highest linear resolution image of a radio lobe hot spot to date. The northern hot spot was not detected in the LBA observation. The radio to X-ray spectra of the hot spots are consistent with a simple power law emission model. The nucleus has an X-ray spectrum typical of a type 1 active galactic nucleus, and the LBA observation shows a one-sided nuclear jet on 0.1" scales. Approximately 10" northeast of the nucleus, X-ray emission is associated with an extra-nuclear cloud. The X-ray emission from the cloud can be divided into two regions, an unresolved western component associated with a knot of radio emission (in a low resolution map), and a spatially extended eastern component aligned with the pc-scale jet and associated with highly ionized optical line-emitting clouds. The X-ray spectrum of the eastern component is very soft (Gamma > 4.0 for a power law model or kT ~0.22 keV for a thermal plasma). The LBA observation did not detect compact radio emission from the extra-nuclear cloud. (Abstract truncated).
Heinz Sebastian
Tingay Steven J.
Wilson Andrew S.
Young Andrew J.
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