Monitoring of the X-ray Jet and LMXB population of Centaurus A

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Sep 2009

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Chandra proposal ID #11700017

Physics

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We propose 2 5 ks monitoring observations of the jet and LMXB population of the nearby radio galaxy Centaurus A. These monitoring observations will be used to search for any long term variations in the X-ray brightnesses of the jet knots. Any dramatic variability would, if detected, give us important constraints on the spatial scales involved in the shock acceleration of ultra-relativistic particles. Such scales are well below the spatial resolution of Chandra and can only be probed via their temporal variability. Additionally, we will continue monitoring the brightest 100 LMXBs, and the 2 ULXs in particular, to build up a time history of the population over more than a decade.

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