Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-04-06
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 360 (2005) 921-925
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accepted for publication in the MNRAS. 9 pages
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09082.x
We report the first detection, with Chandra, of X-ray emission from the jet of the powerful narrow-line radio galaxy 3C 346. X-rays are detected from the bright radio and optical knot at which the jet apparently bends by about 70 degrees. The Chandra observation also reveals a bright galaxy-scale atmosphere within the previously-known cluster, and provides a good X-ray spectrum for the bright core of 3C 346. The X-ray emission from the knot is synchrotron radiation, as seen in lower-power sources. In common with these sources, there is evidence of morphological differences between the radio/optical and X-ray structures, and the spectrum is inconsistent with a one-component continuous-injection model. We suggest that the X-ray-bright knot is associated with a strong oblique shock in a moderately relativistic, light jet, at about 20 degrees to the line of sight, and that this shock is caused by the jet interacting with the wake in the cluster medium behind 3C 346's companion galaxy. The general jet curvature can result from pressure gradients in the cluster atmosphere.
Birkinshaw Mark
Worrall Diana Mary
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