A FLARE IN THE JET OF PICTOR A

A FLARE IN THE JET OF PICTOR A

A Chandra X-ray imaging observation of the jet in Pictor A showed a feature that appears to be a flare that faded between 2000 and 2002. The feature was not detected in a follow-up observation in 2009. The jet itself is over 150?kpc long and about 1 kpc wide, so finding year-long variability is surp...

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Main Authors: Hardcastle, M. J. (Author), Birkinshaw, M. (Author), Croston, J. H. (Author), Evans, Daniel A. (Contributor), Landt, H. (Author), Lenc, Emil (Author), Massaro, F. (Author), Perlman, E. S. (Author), Schwartz, D. A (Author), Siemiginowska, A. (Author), Stawarz, L. (Author), Urry, C. M. (Author), Worrall, D. M. (Author), Marshall, Herman (Author)
Other Authors: MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor), Marshall, Herman Lee (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: Institute of Physics/American Astronomical Society, 2015-03-04T18:21:22Z.
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