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Astrophysics and Astronomy

Florida Institute of Technology

2017

Galaxies: Jets

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The Puzzling Case Of The Radio-Loud Qso 3c 186: A Gravitational Wave Recoiling Black Hole In A Young Radio Source?, Marco Chiaberge, Eric S. Perlman Jan 2017

The Puzzling Case Of The Radio-Loud Qso 3c 186: A Gravitational Wave Recoiling Black Hole In A Young Radio Source?, Marco Chiaberge, Eric S. Perlman

Aerospace, Physics, and Space Science Faculty Publications

Context. Radio-loud active galactic nuclei with powerful relativistic jets are thought to be associated with rapidly spinning black holes (BHs). BH spin-up may result from a number of processes, including accretion of matter onto the BH itself, and catastrophic events such as BH-BH mergers. Aims. We study the intriguing properties of the powerful (Lbol ∼ 1047 erg s-1) radio-loud quasar 3C 186. This object shows peculiar features both in the images and in the spectra. Methods. We utilize near-IR Hubble Space Telescope (HST) images to study the properties of the host galaxy, and HST UV and Sloan Digital Sky Survey …


A Multi-Band Study Of The Remarkable Jet In Quasar 4c+19.44, Daniel E. Harris, Eric S. Perlman Jan 2017

A Multi-Band Study Of The Remarkable Jet In Quasar 4c+19.44, Daniel E. Harris, Eric S. Perlman

Aerospace, Physics, and Space Science Faculty Publications

We present arcsecond-resolution data in the radio, IR, optical, and X-ray for 4C+19.44 (=PKS 1354+195), the longest and straightest quasar jet with deep X-ray observations. We report results from radio images with half to one arcsecond angular resolution at three frequencies, plus Hubble Space Telescope and Spitzer data. The Chandra data allow us to measure the X-ray spectral index in 10 distinct regions along the 18″ jet and compare with the radio index. The radio and X-ray spectral indices of the jet regions are consistent with a value of throughout the jet, to within uncertainties. The X-ray jet structure to …