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The X-Ray Emission of the Centaurus A Jet
2000
Astrophysical Journal
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The extended nonthermal X-ray emission of extragalactic jets like Centaurus A can only be explained by in situ particle acceleration. The only energy source in the entire jet region is the magnetic field. Magnetic reconnection can convert the free energy stored in the helical configuration to particle kinetic energy. In the collisionless magnetized jet plasma, the inertia-driven reconnection is operating in a highly filamentary magnetic flux rope, and this results in a continuously charged
doi:10.1086/312498
pmid:10655169
fatcat:ha63wvo3tzaz5cmfadettj4ou4