Particle acceleration and jet dynamics in Centaurus A

Hardcastle, M.J., Worrall, D.M., Kraft, R.P., Forman, W.R., Jones, C. and Murray, S.S. (2004) Particle acceleration and jet dynamics in Centaurus A. Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements, 132. pp. 116-121. ISSN 0920-5632

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New multi-epoch Chandra observations, combined with multi-epoch, high-dynamic range VLA data, have allowed us to relate the radio and X-ray structure of the jet in Cen A to the jet dynamics. We present evidence that a significant fraction of the structure in the Cen A X-ray jet is due to particle acceleration at the interaction between the jet flow and internal galactic material.