The Shape of Soft X-Ray Spectra of Quasars

Schwartz, D. A.; Qian, Yu; Tucker, W.

doi:10.1007/978-94-009-0963-2_49

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“…From our complete snapshot sample of quasar jets [1,2], we discuss here the four objects with the best statistical significance. These four powerful radio quasars span a redshift range from 0.591 to 1.455, and illustrate a range of morphological and physical effects.…”

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CHANDRA Observations of X-ray jet structure on kpc to Mpc scales

Schwartz

Marshall

Miller

et al. 2003

New Astronomy Reviews

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With its exquisite spatial resolution of better than 0.5 arcsecond, the Chandra observatory is uniquely capable of resolving and studying the spatial structure of extragalactic X-ray jets on scales of a few to a few hundred kilo-parsec. Our analyses of four recent Chandra images of quasar jets interpret the X-ray emission as inverse Compton scattering of high energy electrons on the cosmic microwave background. We infer that these jets are in bulk relativistic motion, carrying kinetic powers upwards of 10 46 ergs s −1 to distances of hundreds of kpc, with very high efficiency.

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