An Unbiased Survey of X-Ray and Optical Emission from Extended Radio Jets in AGN

Details An Unbiased Survey of X-Ray and Optical Emission from Extended Radio Jets in AGN An Unbiased Survey of X-Ray and Optical Emission from Extended Radio Jets in AGN

Sep 2000

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Chandra Proposal ID #02700500

Computer Science

Chandra Proposal Id #02700500

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The Chandra discovery of an X-ray bright jet in the distant quasar PKS 0637-752 shows that X-rays can be energetically dominant in relativistic jets. Its X-ray luminosity is higher than at optical, a signature of inverse Compton process. In contrast, nearby known optical jets are synchrotron-dominated. Are inverse Compton jets associated with higher redshifts (higher luminosities)? We propose a Chandra and HST survey of a well-defined sample of radio jets, to find their X-ray and optical counterparts. We expect solid detections within short exposures, but even non-detections will be of great interest in showing that currently known optical/X-ray jets are atypical. Detected jets will be followed up later to obtain detailed morphologies and probe sites of strong particle acceleration.

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