Abstract
AbstractDue to its high angular resolution, the Chandra Observatory has allowed the discovery and detailed study of extragalactic X-ray jets. Although supermassive black holes are regularly found in the cores of massive galaxies and X-ray emission is detected from ~80% of these, X-ray and radio jets are only detected in a small fraction of “normal” galaxies. X-ray jets are either single-sided or double-sided and, with only one possible exception, are found to have radio emission. However many radio jets are not detected in current X-ray observations. The expanding jets produce cavities in the surrounding hot gas in the galaxy halos. By determining how much gas has been pushed out of these cavities, we can determine the mechanical energy and power of the jet.
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