OPTICAL DETECTION OF THE PICTOR A JET AND TIDAL TAIL: EVIDENCE AGAINST AN IC/CMB JET

OPTICAL DETECTION OF THE PICTOR A JET AND TIDAL TAIL: EVIDENCE AGAINST AN IC/CMB JET

New images of the FR II radio galaxy Pictor A from the Hubble Space Telescope reveal a previously undiscovered tidal tail, as well as a number of jet knots coinciding with a known X-ray and radio jet. The tidal tail is approximately 5'' wide (3 kpc projected), starting 18'' (12 k...

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Main Authors: Gentry, Eric S. (Contributor), Hardcastle, Martin J. (Author), Perlman, Eric S. (Author), Birkinshaw, Mark (Author), Worrall, Diana M. (Author), Lenc, Emil (Author), Siemiginowska, Aneta (Author), Urry, C. Megan (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: IOP Publishing, 2015-09-03T17:43:08Z.
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