SUMMARY OF SEQUENCE NUMBER 700135
SUMMARY OF SEQUENCE NUMBER 700135
Title: AN X-RAY SIGNATURE OF THE RADIO JET OF 3C 390.3
Observer: WAGNER
Subject Category: Active Galaxies and Quasars
Seq: 700135 ObsId: 00830
Long-term Plan bin: no LTS bin
ABSTRACT
The radiation mechanism of collimated plasma outflows (jets) from active galactic nuclei are still far from beeing understood. Especially the X-ray emission reported from jets raises questions on the nature of the acceleration mechanism and the radiation process at work. Recently, X-ray emission from the jet/hotspot region of 3C 390.3 was reported. This is for the first time an X-ray source which is close to the hotspot of a jet. We propose to observe the hotspot/jet source with AXAF for 35 ksec in order to obtain the X-ray spectrum and to map the extended structure indicated by the ROSAT HRI. We would like to identify the source and distinguish several possible scenarios of its nature.
TARGET SUMMARY
| TARGET NAME |
RA | DEC |
TIME |
SI |
GRAT |
TYPE |
TC |
ROLL |
PRE |
PHASE |
MULTI |
PRI |
| JET OF 3C 390.3 |
280.450000 | 79.795278 |
35.00000 |
ACIS-S |
NONE |
GO |
no |
yes |
no |
no |
no |
5 |
IMAGES
(NOTE: RASS images currently only available for targets LTS scheduled on or after Apr-09-2000)
PARAMETERS
Obscat Parameters
