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A Large-scale Shock Surrounding a Powerful Radio Galaxy?

  • Authors: J. H. Croston, M. J. Hardcastle, B. Mingo, D. A. Evans, D. Dicken, R. Morganti, and C. N. Tadhunter

Croston et al. 2011 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 734 L28.

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Caption: Figure 2.

Image made from the Chandra data (shown in blue, smoothed with a Gaussian of σ = 15 pixels) and the 5 GHz VLA map (shown in red), indicating the relationship between the radio and X-ray structures, including cavities at the position of the radio lobes, and a sharp elliptical surface brightness drop surrounding the source.

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