A MULITWAVELENGTH STUDY OF THREE HYBRID BLAZARS
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Stanley, E. C.; Kharb, Preeti; Lister, Matthew L.; O'Dea, Christopher P.; Baum, S.; Marshall, Herman; ... Show more Show less
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We present multiwavelength imaging observations of PKS 1045−188, 8C 1849+670, and PKS 2216−038, three radio-loud active galactic nuclei from the MOJAVE-Chandra Sample that straddle the Fanaroff-Riley (FR) boundary between low- and high-power jets. These hybrid sources provide an excellent opportunity to study jet emission mechanisms and the influence of the external environment. We used archival VLA observations, and new Hubble and Chandra observations to identify and study the spectral properties of five knots in PKS 1045−188, two knots in 8C 1849+670, and three knots in PKS 2216−038. For the seven X-ray visible knots, we constructed and fit the broadband spectra using synchrotron and inverse Compton/cosmic microwave background (IC/CMB) emission models. In all cases, we found that the lack of detected optical emission ruled out the X-ray emission from the same electron population that produces radio emission. All three sources have high total extended radio power, similar to that of FR II sources. We find this is in good agreement with previously studied hybrid sources, where high-power hybrid sources emit X-rays via IC/CMB and the low-power hybrid sources emit X-rays via synchrotron emission. This supports the idea that it is total radio power rather than FR morphology that determines the X-ray emission mechanism. We found no significant asymmetries in the diffuse X-ray emission surrounding the host galaxies. Sources PKS 1045−188 and 8C 1849+670 show significant differences in their radio and X-ray termination points, which may result from the deceleration of highly relativistic bulk motion.
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2015-06Department
MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space ResearchJournal
The Astrophysical Journal
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IOP Publishing
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Stanley, E. C., P. Kharb, M. L. Lister, H. L. Marshall, C. O’Dea, and S. Baum. “A MULITWAVELENGTH STUDY OF THREE HYBRID BLAZARS.” The Astrophysical Journal 807, no. 1 (June 30, 2015): 48. © 2015 The American Astronomical Society
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1538-4357
0004-637X