Chandra detects inverse Compton emission from the radio galaxy 3C 219

Details Chandra detects inverse Compton emission from the radio galaxy 3C 219 Chandra detects inverse Compton emission from the radio galaxy 3C 219

2002-02-20

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0202373v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages, 3 figures. Proceedings of the Symposium 'New Visions of the X-ray Universe in the XMM-Newton and Chandra Era', ESTEC

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We report the results from a {\it Chandra} observation of the powerful nearby (z=0.1744) radio galaxy 3C 219. We find evidence for non--thermal X-ray emission from the radio lobes which fits fairly well with a combination of IC scattering of CMB and of nuclear photons. The comparison between radio synchrotron and IC fluxes yields a magnetic field strength significantly lower ($\sim 3$) than that calculated under minimum energy conditions; the majority of the energetics is then associated to the relativistic particles.

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