The nature of X-ray jets in powerful core-dominated quasars

Details The nature of X-ray jets in powerful core-dominated quasars The nature of X-ray jets in powerful core-dominated quasars

Sep 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009cxo..prop.2867h&link_type=abstract

Chandra proposal ID #11700256

Computer Science

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There is considerable debate about the nature of the X-ray emission from the jets of core-dominated radio-loud quasars (CDQ). A popular model proposes that it is due to inverse-Compton scattering of microwave background photons; however, there are some serious observational and theoretical arguments against this model. Determining the X-ray emission mechanism has significant implications. The inverse-Compton model implies a large bulk Lorentz factor that persists to kpc scales: constraints on jet speeds affect our understanding of jet formation, evolution and feedback. Here we propose to carry out a straightforward test of a fundamental prediction of the inverse-Compton model by constraining the X-ray spectra of jets in a small sample of CDQ and comparing them with radio measurements.

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