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    • Evidence for Non-Hydrostatic Gas Motions in the Hot Interstellar Medium of Centaurus A 

      Kraft, R.P.; Hardcastle, M.J.; Sivakoff, G.R.; Jordan, A.; Nulsen, P.E.J.; Birkinshaw, M.; Forman, W.R.; Jones, C.; Worrall, D.M.; Croston, J.H.; Evans, D.A.; Raychaudhury, S.; Murray, S.S.; Brassington, Nicola; Goodger, Joanna; Harris, W.E.; Juett, A.M.; Sarazin, C.L.; Woodley, K.A. (2008)
      We present preliminary results from a deep (600 ks) Chandra observation of the hot interstellar medium of the nearby early-type galaxy Centaurus A. We find a surface brightness discontinuity in the gas ~3.5 kpc from the ...
    • The fading of two transient ultraluminous x-ray sources to below the stellar mass Eddington limit 

      Burke, M.J.; Kraft, R.P.; Soria, R.; Maccarone, T. J.; Raychaudhury, S.; Sivakoff, G.R.; Birkinshaw, M.; Brassington, Nicola; Forman, W.R.; Hardcastle, M.J.; Jones, C.; Murray, S.S.; Worrall, D.M. (2013-09-20)
      We report new detections of the two transient ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) in NGC 5128 from an ongoing series of Chandra observations. Both sources have previously been observed L (2-3) × ∼10 erg s, at the lower end ...
    • The gas dynamics of NGC 4472 revealed by XMM-Newton 

      Kraft, R.P.; Forman, W.R.; Jones, C.; Nulsen, P.E.J.; Hardcastle, M.J.; Raychaudhury, S.; Evans, D.A.; Sivakoff, G.R.; Sarazin, C.L. (2011)
      We present results from a 100 ks XMM-Newton observation of the hot gas in the Virgo cluster elliptical galaxy NGC 4472. We find a surface brightness discontinuity ∼21 kpc north of the nucleus, consistent with being a contact ...
    • High-energy particle acceleration at the radio-lobe shock of Centaurus A 

      Croston, J.H.; Kraft, R.P.; Hardcastle, M.J.; Birkinshaw, M.; Worrall, D.M.; Nulsen, P.E.J.; Penna, R.F.; Sivakoff, G.R.; Jordan, R.; Brassington, Nicola; Evans, D.A.; Forman, W.R.; Gilfanov, M.; Goodger, Joanna; Harris, W.E.; Jones, C.; Juett, A.M.; Murray, S.S.; Raychaudhury, S.; Sarazin, C.L.; Voss, R.; Woodley, K.A. (2009)
      We present new results on the shock around the south-west radio lobe of Centaurus A using data from the Chandra Very Large Programme observations (740 ks total observing time). The X-ray spectrum of the emission around the ...
    • Long-term monitoring of the dynamics and particle acceleration of knots in the jet of Centaurus A 

      Goodger, Joanna; Hardcastle, M.J.; Croston, J.H.; Kraft, R.P.; Birkinshaw, M.; Evans, D.A.; Jordan, A.; Nulsen, P.E.J.; Sivakoff, G.R.; Worrall, D.M.; Brassington, Nicola; Forman, W.R.; Gilfanov, M.; Jones, C.; Murray, S.S.; Raychaudhury, S.; Sarazin, C.L.; Voss, R.; Woodley, K.A. (2010)
      We present new and archival multi-frequency radio and X-ray data for Centaurus A obtained over almost 20 years at the Very Large Array and with Chandra, with which we measure the X-ray and radio spectral indices of jet ...
    • Low-Mass X-ray Binaries and Globular Clusters in Centaurus A 

      Jordan, A.; Sivakoff, G.R.; McLaughlin, D.E.; Blakeslee, J.P.; Evans, D.A.; Kraft, R.P.; Hardcastle, M.J.; Peng, E.W.; Cote, P.; Croston, J.H.; Juett, A.M.; Minniti, D.; Raychaudhury, S.; Sarazin, C.L.; Worrall, S.M.; Harris, W.E.; Woodley, K.A.; Birkinshaw, M.; Brassington, Nicola; Forman, W.R.; Jones, C.; Murray, S.S. (2007)
      We present results of Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-Ray Observatory observations of globular clusters (GCs) and low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) in the central regions of Centaurus A. Out of 440 GC candidates, we ...
    • Luminosity functions of LMXBs in Centaurus A: globular clusters versus the field 

      Voss, R.; Gilfanov, M.; Sivakoff, G.R.; Kraft, R.P.; Jordan, A.; Raychaudhury, S.; Birkinshaw, M.; Brassington, Nicola; Croston, J.H.; Evans, D.A.; Forman, W.R.; Hardcastle, M.J.; Harris, W.E.; Jones, C.; Juett, A.M.; Murray, S.S.; Sarazin, C.L.; Woodley, K.A.; Worrall, D.M. (2009)
      We study the X-ray luminosity function (XLF) of low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXB) in the nearby early-type galaxy Centaurus A, concentrating primarily on two aspects of binary populations: the XLF behavior at the low-luminosity ...
    • The nature of the ghost cavity in the NGC 741 group 

      Jetha, N.N.; Hardcastle, M.J.; Babul, A.; O'Sullivan, E.; Ponman, T.J.; Raychaudhury, S.; Vrtilek, J. (2008)
    • New results on particle acceleration in the Centaurus A jet and counterjet from a deep Chandra observation 

      Hardcastle, M.J.; Kraft, R.P.; Sivakoff, G.R.; Goodger, Joanna; Croston, J.H.; Jordan, A.; Evans, D.A.; Worrall, D.M.; Birkinshaw, M.; Raychaudhury, S.; Brassington, Nicola; Forman, W.R.; Harris, W.E.; Jones, C.; Juett, A.M.; Murray, S.S.; Nulsen, P.E.J.; Sarazin, C.L.; Woodley, K.A. (2007)
      We present new deep Chandra observations of the Centaurus A jet, with a combined on-source exposure time of 719 ks. These data allow detailed X-ray spectral measurements to be made along the jet out to its disappearance ...
    • Spectral properties of X-ray binaries in Centaurus A 

      Burke, M.J.; Raychaudhury, S.; Kraft, R.P.; Forman, W.R.; Jones, C.; Murray, S.S.; Birkinshaw, M.; Evans, D.A.; Jordán, A.; Worrall, D.M.; Maccarone, T. J.; Croston, J.H.; Brassington, Nicola; Hardcastle, M.J.; Goodger, J.L.; Kainulainen, J.; Woodley, K.A.; Sivakoff, G.R.; Gilfanov, M.; Zhang, Z.; Sarazin, C.L.; Voss, R. (2013-04-01)
      We present a spectral investigation of X-ray binaries (XBs) in NGC 5128 (Cen A), using six 100 ks Chandra observations taken over two months in 2007. We divide our sample into thermally and non-thermally dominated states ...
    • A Transient Black-Hole Low-Mass X-Ray Binary Candidate in Centaurus A 

      Sivakoff, G.R.; Kraft, R.P.; Jordan, A.; Juett, A.M.; Evans, D.A.; Forman, W.R.; Hardcastle, M.J.; Sarazin, C.L.; Birkinshaw, M.; Brassington, Nicola; Croston, J.H.; Harris, W.F.; Jones, C.; Murray, S.S.; Raychaudhury, S.; Woodley, K.A.; Worrall, D.M. (2008)
      We report the discovery of a bright transient X-ray source, CXOU J132518.2–430304, toward Centaurus A (Cen A) using six new Chandra X-Ray Observatory observations in 2007 March-May. Between 2003 and 2007, its flux has ...
    • A transient sub-Eddington black hole X-ray binary candidate in the dust lanes of Centaurus A 

      Burke, M.J.; Raychaudhury, S.; Kraft, R.P.; Forman, W.R.; Jones, C.; Murray, S.S.; Evans, D.A.; Jordán, A.; Brassington, Nicola; Hardcastle, M.J.; Goodger, J.L.; Sivakoff, G.R.; Woodley, K.A.; Kainulainen, J.; Birkinshaw, M.; Worrall, D.M.; Croston, J.H.; Gilfanov, M.; Zhang, Z.; Sarazin, C.L.; Voss, R. (2012-04-20)
      We report the discovery of a bright X-ray transient CXOU J132527.6-430023 in the nearby early-type galaxy NGC5128. The source was first detected over the course of five Chandra observations in 2007, reaching an unabsorbed ...
    • Where Centaurus A gets its X-ray knottiness 

      Worrall, D.M.; Birkinshaw, M.; Kraft, R.P.; Sivakoff, G.R.; Jordan, A.; Hardcastle, M.J.; Brassington, Nicola; Croston, J.H.; Evans, D.A.; Forman, W.R.; Harris, W.E.; Jones, C.; Juett, A.M.; Murray, S.S.; Nulsen, P.E.J.; Raychaudhury, S.; Sarazin, C.L.; Woodley, K.A. (2008)
      We report an X-ray spectral study of the transverse structure of the Centaurus A jet using new data from the Chandra Cen A Very Large Project. We find that the spectrum steepens with increasing distance from the jet axis, ...