Tracing the Milky Way's Vestigial Nuclear Jet
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Cecil, Gerald; Wagner, Alexander; Bland-Hawthorn, Joss; Bicknell, Geoffrey; Mukherjee, Dipanjan
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MeerKAT radio continuum and XMM-Newton X-ray images have recently revealed a spectacular bipolar channel at the Galactic Center that spans several degrees (~0.5 kpc). An intermittent jet likely formed this channel and is consistent with earlier evidence of a sustained, Seyfert-level outburst fueled by black hole accretion onto Sgr A* several Myr ago. Therefore, to trace a now weak jet that perhaps penetrated, deflected, and percolated along multiple paths through the interstellar medium,...[Show more]
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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Date published: | 2021 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/316110 |
Source: | The Astrophysical Journal |
DOI: | 10.3847/1538-4357/ac224f |
Access Rights: | Open Access |
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