X-Ray Imaging of Quasar Jets

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Sep 2001

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001cxo..prop..937m&link_type=abstract

Chandra Proposal ID #03700502

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Chandra Proposal Id #03700502

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We propose to observe 5 quasars with arcsecond-scale radio jets. Three of these point almost directly at us, as indicated by several observed characteristics, while the other two are likely to be less well aligned. If the jets remain relativistic out to kpc-scales, we expect to see X-ray emission from inverse Compton scattering of Cosmic Microwave Background photons (IC-CMB), as appears to be the case in X-ray jets already observed in FR II galaxies and quasars (often offset from radio/optical knots). The ratio of X-ray to radio flux for IC-CMB should depend on the jet orientation, magnetic field direction, Lorentz factor, and redshift. The extent to which the proposed observations confirm these expectations will provide a test of the IC-CMB X-ray emission model in quasar jets.

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