Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-01-27
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
5 pages, 2 figures included. Proceedings of the Workshop `22nd Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics', Palo Alto, Dec.
Scientific paper
The energy content of large-scale jets in FR I radio galaxies is still an open issue. Here we show that upper limits on the high-energy and very high-energy gamma-ray emission of the kpc-scale jet in M 87 radio galaxy imposed by EGRET, Whipple, and - most importantly - HEGRA and HESS observations, provide important constraints on the magnetic field strength in this object. In particular, a non-detection of gamma-ray radiation from the brightest part of this jet (knot A), expected from the inverse-Compton scattering of the starlight photons by the synchrotron-emitting jet electrons, implies that the magnetic field cannot be smaller than the equipartition value (referring solely to the radiating ultrarelativistic electrons), and most likely, is even stronger. In this context, we point out several consequences of the obtained result for the large-scale jet structures in FR I radio galaxies and the M 87 jet in particular. For example, we discuss a potential need for amplification of the magnetic field energy flux along these jets (from sub-pc to kpc scales), suggesting a turbulent dynamo as a plausible process responsible for the aforementioned amplification.
Ostrowski Marcin
Siemiginowska Aneta
Sikora Marcin
Stawarz Lucasz
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