C 346, 3c 78, and the X-Ray Emission Mechanism from Optical Jets

Details C 346, 3c 78, and the X-Ray Emission Mechanism from Optical Jets C 346, 3c 78, and the X-Ray Emission Mechanism from Optical Jets

Sep 2001

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Chandra Proposal ID #03700795

Physics

Chandra Proposal Id #03700795

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The radio to X-ray spectral energy distributions of radio-galaxy jets, and the offsets between the positions of the radio/optical and X-ray knots, show that the X-ray emission is mostly of synchrotron origin, unlike the inverse-Compton emission from quasar jets. Imaging and spectral data from Chandra can provide crucial new information on jet physics, specifically the electron energy distribution and jet speed. Here we propose a 50 ksec Chandra observation of the longest optical jet not yet observed, 3C 346, and a short exploratory image of the anomalously bright jet source 3C 78. Existing VLA, HST, and ROSAT data suggest that 3C 346 will show structures like those in the X-ray jets of M 87 and 3C 66B, and possibly also a thermal envelope like that seen around the jet in 3C 15.

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