Comparing X-ray, Optical, and Radio Variability Timescales in the M87 Jet

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Mar 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008head...10.2626h&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, HEAD meeting #10, #26.26

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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We have been monitoring the M87 jet with sub-arcsec resolution since 2002 in radio, optical, and X-rays. We compare the resulting lightcurves of the jet knot HST-1 which lies 0.86" (60pc projected) from the nucleus. This knot displayed a giant flare that peaked in 2005, coinciding with the maximum observed TeV intensity from M87. We evaluate the timescales to determine if differences in the 3 bands can be attributed to loss mechanisms suffered by the relativistic electrons responsible for the observed emissions. The work at SAO was supported by NASA grants NAS GO6-7112X and GO7-8119X.

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