Advances in Astronomy and Space Physics, Volume 1 (2011)
Influence of low-frequency quasar 3C 273 radio spectrum on X-ray emission of its kiloparsec jet
1Institute of Radio Astronomy of NAS of Ukraine, Chervonopraporna st., 4, 61002, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Svoboda sq., 4, 61077, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Svoboda sq., 4, 61077, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Abstract
In this paper the X-ray emission spectrum from the nearest to the quasar 3C 273 inner jet knot A was investigated by the kinetic equation method. It is shown that the inverse Compton scattering of the quasar radio emission is responsible for the X-ray emission of the knot. Under certain conditions it is possible to determine the position of the low-frequency break in the spectrum of the quasar using the X-ray radiation of its jet.