Studying X-ray spectra from large-scale jets of FR II radio galaxies: application of shear particle acceleration

JC He, XN Sun, JS Wang, FM Rieger… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Shear particle acceleration is a promising candidate for the origin of extended high-energy
emission in extra-galactic jets. In this paper, we explore the applicability of a shear model to …

The extremely X-ray luminous radio-loud quasar CFHQS J142952 + 544717 at z = 6.18 under Chandra high-angular resolution lens

G Migliori, A Siemiginowska… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We present the first X-ray observation at sub-arcsecond resolution of the high-redshift (z=
6.18) radio-loud quasar CFHQS J142952+ 544717 (J1429). The∼ 100 net-count 0.3–7 keV …

Theory of Gamma-Ray Loud AGNs

FM Rieger - arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.13494, 2023 - arxiv.org
The last decade has seen tremendous developments in gamma-ray astronomy with the
extragalactic sky becoming highly populated by Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs). This brief …

Variability of extragalactic X-ray jets on kiloparsec scales

ET Meyer, A Shaik, Y Tang, N Reid, K Reddy… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Unexpectedly strong X-ray emission from extragalactic radio jets on kiloparsec scales has
been one of the major discoveries of Chandra, the only X-ray observatory capable of sub …

The Multiwavelength Environment of Second Bologna Catalog Sources

A Paggi, F Massaro, H Penã-Herazo… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the first results of the Chandra Cool Targets (CCT) survey of the Second
Bologna Catalog (B2CAT) of powerful radio sources, aimed at investigating the extended X …

X-ray emission from large scale jets of AGNs at high redshifts

AA Rahman, S Sahayanathan, PA Subha - Journal of High Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
The limited angular resolution of the existing telescopes, operating in radio, optical and X-
ray wavebands, hinder the study on multi-spectral component (MSC) emissions from the …

Probing the IC/CMB interpretation for the X-ray knots of AGNs through VHE observations

AA Rahman, S Sahayanathan, Z Malik… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The detection of hard X-ray spectra (spectral index< 2) from the kiloparsec-scale jet of active
galactic nuclei cannot be accounted for by the synchrotron emission mechanism from the …

Uncovering the First AGN Jets with AXIS

T Connor, E Bañados, N Cappelluti, A Foord - Universe, 2024 - mdpi.com
Jets powered by AGN in the early Universe (z≳ 6) have the potential to not only define the
evolutionary trajectories of the first-forming massive galaxies but to enable the accelerated …

Characterization of the western Pictor A hotspot in the hard X-rays with NuSTAR

A Shaik, ET Meyer, K Reddy, S Laha… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
The origin of X-ray emission from the resolved kiloparsec-scale jets of many active galactic
nuclei (AGN) remains uncertain, particularly where the X-ray emission is separate from the …

Multiwavelength study of radio galaxy Pictor A: detection of western hotspot in far-UV and possible origin of high energy emissions

S Gulati, D Bhattacharya, MC Ramadevi… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT A comprehensive study of the nucleus and western hotspot of Pictor A is carried
out using AstroSat observations, 13 yr of Fermi, and archival Swift observations along with …