Two types of shock in the hotspot of the giant quasar 4C74.26: a high-resolution comparison from Chandra, Gemini and MERLIN
New Chandra observations have resolved the structure of the X-ray luminous southern hotspot in the giant radio quasar 4C74.26 into two distinct features. The nearer one to the nucleus is an extremely luminous peak, extended some 5 kpc perpendicular to the orientation of the jet; 19 kpc projected fur...
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| author | Erlund, M Fabian, A Blundell, K Crawford, C Hirst, P |
| author_facet | Erlund, M Fabian, A Blundell, K Crawford, C Hirst, P |
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| description | New Chandra observations have resolved the structure of the X-ray luminous southern hotspot in the giant radio quasar 4C74.26 into two distinct features. The nearer one to the nucleus is an extremely luminous peak, extended some 5 kpc perpendicular to the orientation of the jet; 19 kpc projected further away from the central nucleus than this is a fainter X-ray arc having similar symmetry. This arc is co-spatial with near-IR and optical emission imaged with Gemini, and radio emission imaged with MERLIN. The angular separation of the double shock structure (itself ~19 kpc or 10 arcsec in size) from the active nucleus which fuels them of ~550 kpc is a reminder of the challenge of connecting "unidentified" hard X-ray or Fermi sources with their origins. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:77735bf7-2a2a-4e40-820f-788e1207121c2022-03-26T20:24:04ZTwo types of shock in the hotspot of the giant quasar 4C74.26: a high-resolution comparison from Chandra, Gemini and MERLINJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:77735bf7-2a2a-4e40-820f-788e1207121cEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2010Erlund, MFabian, ABlundell, KCrawford, CHirst, PNew Chandra observations have resolved the structure of the X-ray luminous southern hotspot in the giant radio quasar 4C74.26 into two distinct features. The nearer one to the nucleus is an extremely luminous peak, extended some 5 kpc perpendicular to the orientation of the jet; 19 kpc projected further away from the central nucleus than this is a fainter X-ray arc having similar symmetry. This arc is co-spatial with near-IR and optical emission imaged with Gemini, and radio emission imaged with MERLIN. The angular separation of the double shock structure (itself ~19 kpc or 10 arcsec in size) from the active nucleus which fuels them of ~550 kpc is a reminder of the challenge of connecting "unidentified" hard X-ray or Fermi sources with their origins. |
| spellingShingle | Erlund, M Fabian, A Blundell, K Crawford, C Hirst, P Two types of shock in the hotspot of the giant quasar 4C74.26: a high-resolution comparison from Chandra, Gemini and MERLIN |
| title | Two types of shock in the hotspot of the giant quasar 4C74.26: a
high-resolution comparison from Chandra, Gemini and MERLIN |
| title_full | Two types of shock in the hotspot of the giant quasar 4C74.26: a
high-resolution comparison from Chandra, Gemini and MERLIN |
| title_fullStr | Two types of shock in the hotspot of the giant quasar 4C74.26: a
high-resolution comparison from Chandra, Gemini and MERLIN |
| title_full_unstemmed | Two types of shock in the hotspot of the giant quasar 4C74.26: a
high-resolution comparison from Chandra, Gemini and MERLIN |
| title_short | Two types of shock in the hotspot of the giant quasar 4C74.26: a
high-resolution comparison from Chandra, Gemini and MERLIN |
| title_sort | two types of shock in the hotspot of the giant quasar 4c74 26 a high resolution comparison from chandra gemini and merlin |
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