Abstract

Abstract TeV γ rays are observed from a few nearby radio galaxies whose jets are viewed at relatively large angles toward the observer. This emission can be produced in kiloparsec-scale jets whose Lorentz factors are decelerated from values of the order of several at parsec-scale distances. We consider in detail the model in which TeV γ-ray emission is produced by the relativistic electrons in kiloparsec-scale jets that comptonize strongly beamed radiation from inner (parsec-scale) jets. As an example, we study the morphology of the TeV γ-ray emission from the decelerated kiloparsec-scale jet in the nearby radio galaxy Cen A. We show that TeV γ-ray emission can extend throughout kiloparsec-scale distances, as it is relatively smoothly distributed along jets for some parameters of the model we consider. Investigation of the morphological structure of such specific γ-ray emission by the future Cerenkov Telescope Array should provide important constraints on the content and dynamics of the kiloparsec-scale jet in Cen A.

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