The X-ray Jets of Active Galaxies Export

@article{citeulike:3809374, abstract = {Jet physics is again flourishing as a result of Chandra's ability to resolve high-energy emission from the radio-emitting structures of active galaxies and separate it from the X-ray-emitting thermal environments of the jets. These enhanced capabilities have coincided with an increasing interest in the link between the growth of super-massive black holes and galaxies, and an appreciation of the likely importance of jets in feedback processes. I review the progress that has been made using Chandra and XMM-Newton observations of jets and the medium in which they propagate, addressing several important questions, including: Are the radio structures in a state of minimum energy? Do powerful large-scale jets have fast spinal speeds? What keeps jets collimated? Where and how does particle acceleration occur? What is jet plasma made of? What does X-ray emission tell us about the dynamics and energetics of radio plasma/gas interactions? Is a jet's fate determined by the central engine?}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, author = {Worrall, D. M.}, citeulike-article-id = {3809374}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0812.3401}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/0812.3401}, day = {17}, eprint = {0812.3401}, keywords = {acceleration, agn, jet, paris, x-ray}, month = {Dec}, posted-at = {2008-12-19 08:58:16}, priority = {2}, title = {The X-ray Jets of Active Galaxies}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0812.3401}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3809374 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3809374 N2 - Jet physics is again flourishing as a result of Chandra's ability to resolve high-energy emission from the radio-emitting structures of active galaxies and separate it from the X-ray-emitting thermal environments of the jets. These enhanced capabilities have coincided with an increasing interest in the link between the growth of super-massive black holes and galaxies, and an appreciation of the likely importance of jets in feedback processes. I review the progress that has been made using Chandra and XMM-Newton observations of jets and the medium in which they propagate, addressing several important questions, including: Are the radio structures in a state of minimum energy? Do powerful large-scale jets have fast spinal speeds? What keeps jets collimated? Where and how does particle acceleration occur? What is jet plasma made of? What does X-ray emission tell us about the dynamics and energetics of radio plasma/gas interactions? Is a jet's fate determined by the central engine? TI - The X-ray Jets of Active Galaxies KW - acceleration KW - agn KW - jet KW - paris KW - x-ray AU - Worrall, DM PY - 2008/Dec/17/ UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/0812.3401 ER -