AGN Jet Interactions with the Intracluster Medium

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, , Citation J H Beall et al 2003 Chin. J. Astron. Astrophys. 3 137 DOI 10.1088/1009-9271/3/S1/137

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1 E O Hulburt Center for Space Research, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC

2 Center for Earth Observing and Space Research, School for Computational Sciences, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

3 St. John's College, Annapolis, MD

4 Mission Research Corporation, Albuquerque, NM

5 Institut für Astrophysik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstr. 25, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria

6 INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Monteporzio (Roma), I-00040, Italy

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Abstract

Clusters of galaxies contain large ellipticals near their cores. Elliptical galaxies in the centers of these clusters are often found to be the source of large-scale jets that propagate outward into the intracluster medium. These jets are thought to be produced by accretion-powered processes in the active galactic nuclei (AGN) at the centers of some giant ellipticals. In this paper, we discuss the origin of these jets and the likely consequences of their interactions with the intracluster medium in clusters of galaxies.

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10.1088/1009-9271/3/S1/137