EXTENDED AND COMPACT X-RAY-EMISSION IN POWERFUL RADIO GALAXIES

被引:40
作者
WORRALL, DM [1 ]
LAWRENCE, CR [1 ]
PEARSON, TJ [1 ]
READHEAD, ACS [1 ]
机构
[1] CALTECH,OWENS VALLEY RADIO OBSERV,PASADENA,CA 91125
关键词
GALAXIES; ACTIVE; INDIVIDUAL; (3C; 220.3; 3C; 280); RADIO CONTINUUM; X-RAYS;
D O I
10.1086/187152
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We report ROSAT X-ray observations of two powerful radio galaxies. 3C 280 provides evidence for a mixture of unresolved and extended emission, with the latter produced by hot plasma of insufficient pressure to confine the radio lobes and insufficient density for a cooling flow to have begun. 3C 220.3 gives only an X-ray upper limit, but one consistent with our interpretation of the X-ray emission from powerful radio-loud AGNs in terms of obscured and unobscured components.
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页码:L17 / L20
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