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Deep Multiwaveband Observations of the Jets of 0208-512 and 1202-262

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posted on 2023-05-17, 12:08 authored by Perlman, ES, Georganopoulos, M, Marshall, HL, Schwartz, DA, Padgett, CA, Gelbord, J, James LovellJames Lovell, Worrall, DM, Birkinshaw, M, Murphy, DW, Jauncey, DL
We present deep Hubble Space Telescope, Chandra, Very Large Array, and Australia Telescope Compact Array images of the jets of PKS 0208-512 and PKS 1202-262, which were found in a Chandra survey of a flux-limited sample of flat-spectrum radio quasars with jets. We discuss in detail their X-ray morphologies and spectra. We find optical emission from one knot in the jet of PKS 1202-262 and two regions in the jet of PKS 0208-512. The X-ray emission of both jets is most consistent with external Comptonization of cosmic microwave background photons by particles within the jet, while the optical emission is most consistent with the synchrotron process. We model the emission from the jet in this context and discuss implications for jet emission models, including magnetic field and beaming parameters.

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Publication title

The Astrophysical Journal: An International Review of Astronomy and Astronomical Physics

Volume

739

Article number

65

Number

65

Pagination

1-12

ISSN

0004-637X

Department/School

School of Natural Sciences

Publisher

Univ Chicago Press

Place of publication

1427 E 60Th St, Chicago, USA, Il, 60637-2954

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Copyright 2011 The American Astronomical Society

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