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Title:
Centaurus A: Interaction of a Radio Source with its Environment
Authors:
Nulsen, Paul; Kraft, R. P.; Stark, D.; Croston, J. H.; Hardcastle, M. J.; Birkinshaw, M.; Worrall, D. M.; Sivakoff, G. R.; Jordan, A.; Brassington, N. J.; Evans, D. A.; Forman, W. R.; Gilfanov, M.; Goodger, J. L.; Jones, C.; Harris, W. E.; Juett, A. M.; Murray, S. S.; Raychaudhury, S.; Sarazin, C. L.; Voss, R.; Woodley, K. A.
Affiliation:
AA(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) AB(CfA) AC(CfA) AD(Southampton) AE(Hertfordshire) AF(Bristol) AG(Bristol) AH(Virginia) AI(Ohio State) AJ(CfA) AK(MIT) AL(CfA) AM(MPE) AN(Hertfordshire) AO(CfA) AP(McMaster) AQ(GSFC) AR(CfA) AS(Birmingham) AT(Virginia) AU(MPE) AV(McMaster)
Publication:
Chandra's First Decade of Discovery, Proceedings of the conference held 22-25 September, 2009 in Boston, MA. Edited by Scott Wolk, Antonella Fruscione, and Douglas Swartz, abstract #50
Publication Date:
09/2009
Origin:
AUTHOR
Keywords:
Resolved AGN Jet Structures
Bibliographic Code:
2009cfdd.confE..50N

Abstract

Deep Chandra observations have been used to investigate the impact of Centaurus A, the nearest extragalactic radio source, on its environment. The southwest radio lobe drives a shock into the interstellar medium. In low density regions where the shock is strong, X-ray emission from the shocked gas is predominantly synchrotron radiation. The radio jet to the northeast also shows significant X-ray synchrotron emission. A simple flow model for the jet requires significant dissipation within the jet, most likely due to the entrainment of mass lost by stars lying in the path of the jet. Some implications will be discussed.
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