The X-Ray Jet and Halo of NGC 6251

Details The X-Ray Jet and Halo of NGC 6251 The X-Ray Jet and Halo of NGC 6251

Sep 1999

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Chandra Proposal ID #01700599

Physics

Chandra Proposal Id #01700599

Scientific paper

This proposal is concerned with an AXAF ACIS-I X-ray observation of one of the most prominent giant radio galaxies, NGC6251. Using ROSAT PSPC data we could recently verify that this galaxy hosts a huge X-ray halo and an X-ray jet, the latter with a very close correlation to the radio jet out to a radial distance of 180 kpc. The high sensitivity and the excellent spectral resolution of the AXAF ACIS-I telescope detector system will provide us with the data to discern - beyond any doubts - the origin of the X-ray emission from the 180 kpc X-ray jet. The huge dimensions of NGC6251 offer the unique opportunity to study, in great detail, its characteristics which can be regarded as an archetypical scenario of radio jets associated with X-ray emission.

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