Seminar Title: |
Chandra X-ray Observatory imaging survey of quasars |
Speaker: |
Dr. Herman Marshall |
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(MIT Kavli Astrophysics & Space Research Institution) |
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When: |
Tuesday morning, Oct.18th , 10:00 a.m |
Where: |
Room 619, Office Block, 2 West Beijing Road (PMO, CAS) |
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Welcome to Attend |
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( PMO Academic Committee & Academic Circulating committee) |
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Abstract
I will present recent results from a Chandra X-ray Observatory imaging survey of quasars and high resolution spectroscopy of the SS 433 jets. The survey consisted of 54 quasars with known radio-emitting jets. The jet detection rate was about 65%. We tested a model where the bulk of the X-ray emission arises from inverse Compton scattering of microwave background photons (the IC-CMB) model. For a subset of our sample with known superluminal motion based on VLBI observations, we estimated the angle of the kpc-scale jet to the line of sight by considering the additional information in the bends observed between pc- and kpc-scale jets. These angles are sometimes much smaller than estimates based on the IC-CMB model with a Lorentz factor of 15, indicating that these jets may decelerate significantly from pc scales to kpc scales. I will also report new results from deeper imaging of individual objects with Chandra and HST.