Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-12-20
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Review to be published in Proceedings of the workshop "Multiband Approach to AGN", held on Sep.30-Oct.2 in Bonn. Publication:
Scientific paper
Seyfert galaxies and quasars were first discovered through optical and radio techniques, but in recent years high-energy emission, that can penetrate central gas and dust, has become essentially the defining characteristic of an AGN. AGNs with extended radio jets are of particular interest, since the jets signal source orientation. However, the jets extend into the cores, where they are faster and more compact. Special-relativistic effects then cause jet brightness and variability time-scales across the electromagnetic spectrum to be strong functions of jet orientation. Jet X-ray emission is confused, to varying degrees, with that from the central engine, but can be measured, at least in a statistical sense, through considerations of the multiwaveband spectrum and the level of intrinsic absorption. The rich high-energy structures found in jets which are resolved with Chandra inform our interpretation of the inner structures. In particular, it is found that shocks are prevalent and don't necessarily disrupt jets, and that one-zone models of emission near shocks are an over-simplification.
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