OPTICAL DETECTION OF THE PICTOR A JET AND TIDAL TAIL: EVIDENCE AGAINST AN IC/CMB JET

OPTICAL DETECTION OF THE PICTOR A JET AND TIDAL TAIL: EVIDENCE AGAINST AN IC/CMB JET

New images of the FR II radio galaxy Pictor A from the Hubble Space Telescope reveal a previously undiscovered tidal tail, as well as a number of jet knots coinciding with a known X-ray and radio jet. The tidal tail is approximately 5'' wide (3 kpc projected), starting 18'' (12 k...

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Main Authors: Gentry, Eric S., Hardcastle, Martin J., Perlman, Eric S., Birkinshaw, Mark, Worrall, Diana M., Lenc, Emil, Siemiginowska, Aneta, Urry, C. Megan, Marshall, Herman
Other Authors: MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: IOP Publishing 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/98358

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