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3C 111壮观的射电-近红外-X射线喷流:X射线发射机制和喷流动力学

The Spectacular Radio-Near-IR-X-ray Jet of 3C 111: X-ray Emission Mechanism and Jet Kinematics

Devon Clautice, Eric S. Perlman, Markos Georganopoulos, Matthew L. Lister, Francesco Tombesi, Mihai Cara, Herman L. Marshall, Brandon Hogan, Demos Kazanas

摘要:

相对论喷流是活动星系核现象中能量最大的表现形式。活动星系核喷流是通过伽马射线从射电观测到的,它将大量的物质和能量从亚秒差距的中心区域带到千秒差距甚至兆秒差距尺度的星系和星团周围。虽然大多数空间分辨的喷流都是在射电中看到的,但越来越多的喷流被发现在光学/近红外和/或X射线波段发射。在这里,我们讨论一个壮观的例子,这类,3C 111喷流,住在最近的一个,双叶FR II射电星系已知。我们讨论了新的,深钱德拉和HST观测,揭示了近红外和X射线发射的几个组件的3C 111喷流,以及北部和南部的热点。在射电、X射线和近红外波段的形貌之间可以看到重要的差异。这种喷流的长(每侧超过100 kpc),直的性质使其成为未来深层观测的绝佳原型,因为它是无线电,近红外/光学和X射线波段中最长的特征之一。几条独立的证据线,包括X射线和宽带光谱形状以及接近热点的隐含速度,导致我们强烈反对EC/CMB模型,而是赞成一个双组分同步加速器模型来解释观测到的几个喷流组分的X射线发射。未来对NuSTAR、HST和Chandra的观测将使我们能够进一步限制发射机制。

英文摘要:

Relativistic jets are the most energetic manifestation of the active galactic nucleus (AGN) phenomenon. AGN jets are observed from the radio through gamma-rays and carry copious amounts of matter and energy from the sub-parsec central regions out to the kiloparsec and often megaparsec scale galaxy and cluster environs. While most spatially resolved jets are seen in the radio, an increasing number have been discovered to emit in the optical/near-IR and/or X-ray bands. Here we discuss a spectacular example of this class, the 3C 111 jet, housed in one of the nearest, double-lobed FR II radio galaxies known. We discuss new, deep Chandra and HST observations that reveal both near-IR and X-ray emission from several components of the 3C 111 jet, as well as both the northern and southern hotspots. Important differences are seen between the morphologies in the radio, X-ray and near-IR bands. The long (over 100 kpc on each side), straight nature of this jet makes it an excellent prototype for future, deep observations, as it is one of the longest such features seen in the radio, near-IR/optical and X-ray bands. Several independent lines of evidence, including the X-ray and broadband spectral shape as well as the implied velocity of the approaching hotspot, lead us to strongly disfavor the EC/CMB model and instead favor a two-component synchrotron model to explain the observed X-ray emission for several jet components. Future observations with NuSTAR, HST, and Chandra will allow us to further constrain the emission mechanisms.

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