Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-09-15
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
5 pages, 6 figures, to be published as a Letter on Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.08398.x
We present the results from a Chandra observation of the powerful radio galaxy 3C 265. We detect X-ray emission from the nucleus, the radio hotspots and lobes. In particular, the lobe X-ray emission is well explained as anisotropic inverse Compton scattering of the nuclear photons by the relativistic electrons in the radio lobes; the comparison between radio synchrotron and IC emission yields a magnetic field strength a factor about 2 lower than that calculated under minimum energy conditions. The X-ray spectrum of the nucleus is consistent with that of a powerful, strongly absorbed quasar and the X-ray emission of the south-eastern hotspot can be successfully reproduced by a combination of synchro-self Compton and inverse Compton emission assuming a magnetic field slightly lower than equipartition.
Bondi Marco
Brunetti Gf.
Comastri Andrea
Setti Giancarlo
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