The X-ray jet and halo of NGC 6251.

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Aug 1997

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997a%26a...324..870m&link_type=abstract

Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.324, p.870-876

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Galaxies: Individual: Ngc 6251, Galaxies: Jets, Radio Continuum: Galaxies, X-Rays: Galaxies

Scientific paper

A new analysis of the ROSAT PSPC data of the giant radio galaxy NGC 6251 is presented. In supplement to the already published results we used a new approach to disclose the X-ray morphology of NGC 6251. We have detected an elliptically shaped X-ray halo out to a radial distance of about 100kpc from the host galaxy. Moreover, we have discovered a close positional and intensity correlation of the radio continuum radiation of the jet with enhanced X-ray emission. Our analysis suggests that the bulk of the X-ray photons originates from a hot (T~10^7^K) thin plasma, while Inverse-Compton scattering is not important. The X-ray plasma associated with the radio continuum jet is most likely confined by the magnetic lines of forces within the jet.

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