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A survey of X-ray emission from 100 kpc radio jets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2015

D. A. Schwartz
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA email: [email protected]
H. L. Marshall
Affiliation:
Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, M.I.T., 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
D. M. Worrall
Affiliation:
HH Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TL, UK
M. Birkinshaw
Affiliation:
HH Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TL, UK
E. Perlman
Affiliation:
Physics and Space Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology, 150 West University, Melbourne, FL 32901, USA
J. E. J. Lovell
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics and Physics, Private Bag 21, University of Tasmania, Hobart Tas 7001, Australia
D. Jauncey
Affiliation:
CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility, PO Box 76, Epping NSW 1710, Australia
D. Murphy
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
J. Gelbord
Affiliation:
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, State College, PA 16801, USA
L. Godfrey
Affiliation:
ASTRON, PO Box 2, 7990 AA Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
G. Bicknell
Affiliation:
Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Australian National University, Cotter Road, Weston Creek, Canberra, ACT72611, Australia
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Abstract

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We have completed a Chandra snapshot survey of 54 radio jets that are extended on arcsec scales. These are associated with flat spectrum radio quasars spanning a redshift range z=0.3 to 2.1. X-ray emission is detected from the jet of approximately 60% of the sample objects. We assume minimum energy and apply conditions consistent with the original Felten-Morrison calculations in order to estimate the Lorentz factors and the apparent Doppler factors. This allows estimates of the enthalpy fluxes, which turn out to be comparable to the radiative luminosities.

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Contributed Papers
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2015 

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