Deep Chandra and multicolor HST follow-up of the jets in two powerful radio quasars

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2005-11-15

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0511459v1

Astrophys.J.641:717-731,2006

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

22 pages, 10 figures ps, 2 figures jpg, accepted for publication in ApJ

Scientific paper

10.1086/500526

We present deep (70-80 ks) Chandra and multicolor HST ACS images of two jets hosted by the powerful quasars 1136-135 and 1150+497, together with new radio observations. The sources have an FRII morphology and were selected from our previous X-ray and optical jet survey for detailed follow up aimed at obtaining better constraints on the jet multiwavelength morphology and X-ray and optical spectra of individual knots, and to test emission models deriving physical parameters more accurately. All the X-ray and optical knots detected in our previous short exposures are confirmed, together with a few new faint features. The overlayed maps and the emissivity profiles along the jet show good correspondence between emission regions at the various wavelengths; a few show offsets between the knots peaks of <1". In 1150+497 the X-ray, optical, and radio profiles decrease in similar ways with distance from the core up to ~7", after which the radio emission increases more than the X-ray one. No X-ray spectral variations are observed in 1150+497. In 1136-135 an interesting behavior is observed, whereby, downstream of the most prominent knot at ~ 6.5" from the core, the X-ray emission fades while the radio emission brightens. The X-ray spectrum also varies, with the X-ray photon index flattening from ~2 in the inner part to ~1.7 to the end of the jet. We intepret the jet behavior in 1136-135 in a scenario where the relativistic flow suffers systematic deceleration along the jet, and briefly discuss the major consequences of this scenario (abridged).

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