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We present a comparative analysis of 5 GHz VLA and 200 ks Chandra ACIS-I image. In the 5 GHz image the familiar jet and much weaker counterjet are seen, which bend as the jet propagates towards the hotspots. Furthermore, where the lobe detected in 5 GHz emission starts to interact with the jet, we see that the jet “threads”. In the 0.2–10 keV X-ray image we do not detect the jet, but do detect a relic of the counterjet.
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* This paper has previously been published in Astrophysics and Space Science, vol. 310:3–4.
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Steenbrugge, K.C., Blundell, K.M. Radio and X-ray study of Cygnus A* . Astrophys Space Sci 311, 323–327 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10509-007-9651-0
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