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FR I射电星系中的喷流谱:粒子加速的意义

Jet spectra in FR I radio galaxies: implications for particle acceleration

R. A. Laing, A. H. Bridle, W. D. Cotton, D. M. Worrall, M. Birkinshaw

摘要:

本文描述了三个FR I射电星系内喷流的射电光谱指数的精确成像。在喷流首先变亮的地方,有一个非常小的色散,光谱指数为0.62。这也是检测到明亮X射线发射的区域。在离原子核更远的地方,光谱指数会略微下降到0.50 - 0.55,而X射线辐射虽然仍然可以探测到,但相对于射电辐射来说要微弱一些。因此,喷流最明亮的X射线发射与最平坦的射电光谱无关,而是与某些特征能量指数为2.24的粒子加速过程有关。光谱指数的变化大致发生在我们的相对论性喷流模型需要快速减速的地方。平坦的频谱边缘可以看到,从周围的显着的弥漫性排放的射流是孤立的,我们认为,这些都与剪切。

英文摘要:

We describe very accurate imaging of radio spectral index for the inner jets in three FR I radio galaxies. Where the jets first brighten, there is a remarkably small dispersion around a spectral index of 0.62. This is also the region where bright X-ray emission is detected. Further from the nucleus, the spectral index flattens slightly to 0.50 - 0.55 and X-ray emission, although still detectable, is fainter relative to the radio. The brightest X-ray emission from the jets is therefore not associated with the flattest radio spectra, but rather with some particle-acceleration process whose characteristic energy index is 2.24. The change in spectral index occurs roughly where our relativistic jet models require rapid deceleration. Flatter-spectrum edges can be seen where the jets are isolated from significant surrounding diffuse emission and we suggest that these are associated with shear.

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