Using deep Chandra ACIS observation data for Cygnus A, we report evidence of non-thermal X-ray emission from radio lobes surrounded by a rich intra-cluster medium (ICM). The diffuse X-ray emission, which are associated with the eastern and western radio lobes, were observed in a 0.7--7 keV Chandra$ ACIS image. The lobe spectra are reproduced with not only a single-temperature Mekal model, such as that of the surrounding ICM component, but also an additional power-law (PL) model. The X-ray flux densities of PL components for the eastern and western lobes at 1 keV are derived as 77.7^{+28.9}_{-31.9} nJy and 52.4^{+42.9}_{-42.4} nJy, respectively, and the photon indices are 1.69^{+0.07}_{-0.13} and 1.84^{+2.90}_{-0.12}, respectively. The non-thermal component is considered to be produced via the inverse Compton (IC) process, as is often seen in the X-ray emission from radio lobes. From a re-analysis of radio observation data, the multiwavelength spectra strongly suggest that the seed photon source of the IC X-rays includes both cosmic microwave background radiation and synchrotron radiation from the lobes. The derived parameters indicate significant dominance of the electron energy density over the magnetic field energy density in the Cygnus A lobes under the rich ICM environment.
The energetics of giant radio galaxy lobes from inverse Compton scattering observations
巨射电星系(GRG)叶是研究粒子演化和B场能量学的极好实验室。然而,这些结果是基于假设的形状和扩展的GRG波瓣电子光谱。我们重新检查GRG瓣的能量学,通过RG瓣中的相对论电子对CMB光子的逆康普顿散射(ICS-CMB)来评估RG瓣的物理条件,它们的能量学和它们的辐射制度。我们认为GRG DA 240最近观察到的朱雀作为一个参考案例,我们也讨论了其他RG叶观察钱德拉和XMM。利用从射电到伽玛射线的多频信息,对DA 240东瓣的能量分布进行了建模,得到了对电子能谱形状和扩展的约束。我们使用无线电和X射线数据来约束电子光谱的形状和归一化,然后计算对总电子能量密度敏感的GRG瓣中预期的SZ效应。我们表明,由X射线观测得到的电子能量密度U_e仅比实际值有一个粗略的下限,而且考虑到较低的电子动量p_1的实际估计,大多数基于X射线测量的U_e估计值都必须增加一个很大的因子。这使得RG波瓣远离均分条件,朝向粒子主导和康普顿功率主导的状态。我们使用RG波瓣在U_e/U_B与U_e/U_CMB平面上的分布作为RG波瓣中粒子和场主导以及辐射机制主导的不同物理状态之间的进一步划分。我们的结论是,在RG叶中观察到的ICS-CMB机制产生的SZ效应提供了可靠的p_1和U_e的估计,是确定RG叶的总能量密度和评估其物理状态的最佳工具。
A multifrequency study of giant radio sources III. Dynamical age vs. spectral age of the lobes of selected sources
用Machalski等人的DYNAGE算法估算了选定的巨射电源对瓣的动力学年龄,并与Jamrozy等人在论文II中估计和研究的光谱年龄进行了比较。正如预期的那样,DYNAGE拟合给出了彼此独立建模的相对叶的略微不同的动力学年龄和其他模型参数,例如年龄比在~1.1到~1.4之间。相同的源,要求类似的值的喷流功率和无线电核心密度,我们寻找一个自洽的解决方案,为相反的叶,这导致不同的密度分布沿他们发现的拟合。我们还表明,偏离均分条件假设在模型中,合理的X射线观测的叶片附近的一些射电星系,和相关的变化的磁场强度可能提供一个均衡的叶片的年龄。动力学年龄和光谱年龄的比较表明,所研究的巨型射电星系的动力学年龄与光谱年龄的比值在~1和~5之间,即与较小的射电星系相似(例如Parma et al. 1999)。补充了文献中已经讨论过的这种效应的可能原因,如模型假设参数的不确定性,可能偏离能量均分假设的影响等。给出的论据表明,DYNAGE算法可以更好地考虑在较低频率下的辐射效应比光谱老化分析。DYNAGE算法是特别有效的在高红移源,其固有频谱曲率向低频移动。
The magnetic mayhem in Abell 2199: discovery of synchrotron threads and homogeneous diffuse radio lobes
Durham University(杜伦大学);University of Minnesota(明尼苏达大学);INAF - Instituto di Radioastronomia(意大利国家天体物理研究所射电天文研究所);National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research(塔塔基础研究院国家射电天体物理学中心)