Jets, Bubbles, Binaries, and Hot Gas: A Deep Observation of Centaurus A

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Sep 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006cxo..prop.2207k&link_type=abstract

Chandra Proposal ID #08700512

Physics

Chandra Proposal Id #08700512

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We propose to observe Centaurus A, the nearest radio galaxy and the nearest massive early-type galaxy, for 1.2 Ms. We will probe the particle acceleration processes of the jet to an unprecedented sensitivity, by measuring its spectrum and morphology on the scale of radiative energy losses. We also will measure the proper motions and velocity shear of X-ray knots. We will measure the temperature and density structure of the shock around the SW radio lobe to study the hydrodynamics of the lobe/ISM interaction to a level previously seen only in Galactic SNRs. We will detect hundreds of X-ray binaries, probe the GC/LMXB link, and investigate their temporal properties. Finally, we will measure the thermodynamic paramters of the gas and the elemental abundance throughout the ISM.

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