Particle acceleration and the nature of multiple hotspots in FRII radio galaxies

Details Particle acceleration and the nature of multiple hotspots in FRII radio galaxies Particle acceleration and the nature of multiple hotspots in FRII radio galaxies

Sep 2005

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Chandra Proposal ID #07700365

Physics

Chandra Proposal Id #07700365

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Particle acceleration at the terminal hotspots of powerful double (FRII) radio sources determines the properties of the energetic particles that go on to form the lobes, so that an understanding of the location and mechanism of particle acceleration is key to our understanding of the dynamics of such objects. X-ray synchrotron emission has been successfully used as a tracer of particle acceleration in the jets of low-power objects: we have recently shown that it can also be used for nearby, low-luminosity hotspot sources. We now propose observations that will allow us to locate the regions responsible for high-energy particle acceleration in a small sample of sources, solving in the process a 20-year-old mystery regarding the nature of multiple hotspots.

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