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High-resolution x-ray imaging of colliding radio-jet galaxies
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Born, Kirk D. Whitmore, Brad |
| Copyright Year | 1996 |
| Description | We received ROSAT data for four program objects:3C31,3C278,3C449,and NGC1044. The first three sources were observed with the ROSAT HRI instrument. Our plan was to use the HRI to image the hot gas distribution in a few pairs of strongly disturbed interacting elliptical galaxies which are also strong radio sources having a bent-jet source morphology. The PSPC was used for NGC1044 in order to obtain a flux measurement to use in planning future High Resolution Imager (HRI) observations of that source. Though we never requested such HRI observations of NGC1044, others have used those archival PSPC data from our project for other research projects and analyses. The goal of the program was to elucidate the detailed distribution of hot gas into which the jets flow. The X-ray data were consequently analyzed in conjunction with existing VLA radio maps, optical broad-band and H-alpha Charge Couple device (CCD) images, and optical kinematic data to constrain models for the propagation of ballistic jets in interacting galaxies. We were able to test and validate the claimed causal connection between tidal interaction, the presence of gas, and the onset of activity in galaxies. The full multi-wavelength multi-observatory analyses described here are still on-going and will be published in the future. Because of the relevance of this research to on-going work in the field of active galaxies, the grant was used to support travel to several scientific meetings where our x-ray analysis, numerical modeling, and related radio results were presented and discussed. |
| File Size | 205562 |
| Page Count | 3 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19990047386 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t9z082h9w |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1996-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Astronomy Charge Coupled Devices Rosat Mission Radio Jets Astronomy Interacting Galaxies Galactic Evolution H Alpha Line Spaceborne Telescopes X Ray Telescopes Active Galaxies Galactic Structure Astronomical Models Very Large Array Vla X Ray Astronomy Galactic Radio Waves X Ray Sources Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
