The infrared jet of M87 observed with JWST

Aims. We present the first JWST+NIRCam images of the giant elliptical active galaxy M87 and its jet at 0.90, 1.50, 2.77, and 3.56 μm. We analysed the large-scale jet structure, identifying prominent components, and we determined the near-infrared spectral index.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Röder, Jan, Wielgus, Maciek, Jensen, Joseph B., Anand, Gagandeep S., Brent Tully, R.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/402157
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/402157
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Radiation mechanisms: non-thermal
Galaxies: active
Galaxies: individual: M87
Galaxies: jets
Infrared: galaxies
Infrared: general
Descripción
Sumario:Aims. We present the first JWST+NIRCam images of the giant elliptical active galaxy M87 and its jet at 0.90, 1.50, 2.77, and 3.56 μm. We analysed the large-scale jet structure, identifying prominent components, and we determined the near-infrared spectral index.