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Multi - emission from large-scale jets Fabrizio Tavecchio INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera
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Outline Introduction X-rays from radiogalaxies: synchrotron from HE electrons X-ray jets in QSO: the IC/CMB model Recent observations Criticisms, alternatives
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Almost every galaxy hosts a BH 99 % are silent 1 % are active 0.1% have jets
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Cygnus A Relativistic jets: channels transporting MassMomentumEnergy from the central BH to the IGM core Hot spots lobes
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The unification scheme: radiogalaxy, RL QSOs blazar
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Jets: from the BH to large scale Resolved X-ray jet Blazar emission region Accretion region VLBI region
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X-rays: a new window on old problems Acceleration and collimation Power, composition Particle acceleration …
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1127-145 Siemiginowska et al. 2001 PKS 0637-752 Chartas et al. 2000 Cen A Hardcastle et al. 2003 Pic A Wilson et al. 2000
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Producing X-rays in large-scale jets Powerful (aligned) QSOs IC/CMB Tavecchio et al. 2000 Celotti et al. 2001 Synchrotron SSC thermal Schwartz et al. 2000 very energetic electrons Radiogalaxies FRIs: Synchrotron e.g Worrall et al. 2001, 2002 FRIIs: Synch? SSC? e.g Wilson et al. 2001
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Pesce et al. 2001 3C371: a synchrotron jet Knot B Knot A e ~10 7
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X-rays radiooptical M87
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Very high-energy electrons ( e ~10 7 ) injected in-situ within the jet (shocks? reconnection?) Radiogalaxies (FRI):
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Powerful QSOs
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Synchrotron IC/CMB at >100 kpc
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Amplification of the CMB energy density =10 Photons will appear more concentrated in time and with an energy U’~U 2
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=10 L’=1 L=160,000 L=10 - 4 L=3x10 - 3 Amplification of the emission = [ (1- cos )] -1
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Parameter space Equipartition (radio) IC with CMB (radio and X-rays) small ~5 deg ~10 ~10
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A Chandra-HST survey of jets 17 “radio selected” jets 10 with X-rays (59%) 10 with optical Sambruna et al. 2001 Sambruna et al. 2004 IC/CMB knots
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Deep images 1136-135 1150+497
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Synchrotron to Compton transition?
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Speed and power The model allows us to constrain the physical parameters of jets at kpc scale ~3-10 P~10 47 -10 48 erg/s Supported by recent numerical simulations (Scheck et al. 2002), but see Wardle & Aaron 1997 Fast spine? (Chiaberge et al. 2000; Celotti et al. 2001)
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Problems, criticisms, alternatives Cooling: why X-ray knots? Large power requirements (~10 48 erg/s) Close alignement (small prob.)
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Clumps in jets? cannot cool Problem: the X-ray emitting electrons cannot cool inside the knot even including adiabatic losses! Tavecchio, Ghisellini & Celotti 2003
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A possible solution Several compact regions overpressured with respect to the external plasma (instabilities, clouds, entrained material, reconnection sites) Consequence: expected variability in knots (~month) expansion very efficient adiabatic losses
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New evidences: Several knots in M87 are variable! (Harris et al. 2003) Cen A shows compact X-ray/radio knots (Hardcastle et al. 2003)
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Synchrotron from complex electron distributions: Alternatives to the IC/CMB:
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Dermer & Atoyan 2002 ~10 7 - 10 8 cooled electrons uncooled electrons From cooling…
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…or from acceleration Multiple shocks or turbulence (Stawarz et al. 2004): Marcovith & Kirk 1999
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Synchrotron from another electron component or from HE protons… Aharonian 2002
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Secondary electrons could be produced through p- or p-p inefficient, Urad quite small a density of ~1 part/cm 3 is necessary Aharonian 2002
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Summary The IC/CMB model works well for powerful jets in QSO Deep pointings reveal synchrotron to IC transition along the jet Radiogalaxies: a unique synchrotron component from radio to X-rays – acceleration mechanism? BUT: problems with low E electrons: clumps? More observations and exploration of alternatives…
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From subpc to kpc-scale Blazars and Chandra: physical quantities at (very) different scales! Example: 1510-089 (z=0.361) B=2G; R=3x10 cm 16 B=0.6x10 G; R=2x10 cm -522
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Problems, criticisms, alternatives Cooling: how to produce X-ray knots? Large power requirements (~10 48 erg/s) Close alignement (small prob.) Global behaviour (but see G&K 2003) {
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Layer and spine
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M87
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PKS1127-145 Siemiginowska et al. 2002 Offsets?
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Evidences for small angles from superluminal motions: Lorentz factor Angle
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