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A Continuous Injection Plasma Model for the X-Ray/Radio Knots in Kpc-Scale Jets of AGN | | S. Sahayanathan
; R. Misra
; A. K. Kembhavi
; C. L. Kaul
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3 Apr 2003 | | Subject: | astro-ph | | Affiliation: | BARC), R. Misra (IUCAA), A. K. Kembhavi (IUCAA) and C. L. Kaul (BARC | | Abstract: | We consider the evolution of a spherically expanding plasma cloud, where there is continuous injection of non-thermal electrons. We compute the time dependent electron distribution and resultant photon spectra taking into account synchrotron, adiabatic and inverse Compton cooling. This model is different from previous works where, instead of a continuous injection of particles, a short injection period was assumed. We apply this model to the radio/optical knots in the large scale jets of AGN, detected in X-rays by {it Chandra} and find that the overall broadband spectral features can be reproduced. It is shown that for some sources, constraints on the X-ray spectral index (by a longer {it Chandra} observation) will be able to differentiate between the different models. This in turn will put a strong constraint on the acceleration mechanism active in these sources. | | Source: | arXiv, astro-ph/0304068 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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