The curvature of radio jets and tails in the intracluster media of Abell 1446 and 2220

Details The curvature of radio jets and tails in the intracluster media of Abell 1446 and 2220 The curvature of radio jets and tails in the intracluster media of Abell 1446 and 2220

Dec 1982

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982apj...263..546b&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 263, Dec. 15, 1982, p. 546-556.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Astronomical Models, Galactic Clusters, Intergalactic Media, Radio Galaxies, Radio Jets (Astronomy), X Ray Sources, Galactic Structure, Heao 2, Magnetohydrodynamic Flow, Spaceborne Astronomy, X Ray Astronomy

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X-ray observations are reported for two rich clusters which contain prominent tailed radio galaxies. These X-ray data are used as probes of the cluster gas to explore mechanisms which may distort radio jets and tails. A nonrelativistic hydrodynamic flow model is invoked to examine the plasma beam parameters needed to bend the radio streams in a manner consistent with the radio and X-ray data. Within the context of this model, the wide-angle tailed radio structure of 1159 + 583 in A1446 is explained by a combination of a buoyancy pressure gradient in the cluster gas and dynamic pressure arising from slow galaxy motion (200 km/sec). The second cluster observed, A2220, contains a clumped X-ray structure with peaks near two dominant galaxies. The strongly bent radio jets of 1638 + 538 (associated with one of the bright galaxies) are consistent with about 1000 km/sec motion, possibly in a binary orbit, through the X-ray emitting cluster gas; a curved feature in the northern tail, however, may be attributable to buoyancy forces. These X-ray data also suggest that the radio jets and tails are thermally confined by the hot intracluster media.

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