SUMMARY OF PROPOSAL 51136

DR. KAZUKO MAKISHIMA
MAXIMA@PHYS.S.U-TOKYO.AC.JP

SCHOOL OF SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
TOKYO JAPAN 113
BUNKYO-KU
7-3-1 HONGO
Tel: 03-3812-2111 EX. 4171 Fax: 03-3812-6938
Medium: 4GBDAT
Subject: AGN

IC X-RAYS FROM THE WEST LOBE OF FORNAX A


ABSTRACT

We propose ASCA observations of the west lobe of Fornax A. The source is the radio galaxy exhibiting widly exteded lobes. We observed the radio lobes in AO-1 to discover inverse-Compton X-rays. It was the first case of detecting IC-X-rays from radio lobes, followed by IC X-ray detections from some other radio galaxies including Centaurus B. We propose to observe the West Lobe of this archetype object with a sufficient exposure, aiming at a spatially resolved study on the magnetic fields and electron energy density in the lobe.

CO-INVESTIGATORS
CO-I NAME INSTITUTE COUNTRY
MAKOTO TASHIROUNIVERSITY OF TOKYOJAPAN
HIDEHIRO KANEDAUNIVERSITY OF TOKYOJAPAN
ERIKO IDESAWAUNIVERSITY OF TOKYOJAPAN

TARGETS

TARGET NAMEPRIRADECTIMETCOFFGISSIS CNTOBS
1)FORNAX A WEST LOBE
2
 50.4042-37.1580 80 ksN
Y
P
0.10000
1