Katherine Blundell OBE: Publications

The Global Jet Watch

The micro quasar SS433

Extended inverse-Compton emission from distant, powerful radio galaxies

(2006)

Authors:

MC Erlund, AC Fabian, Katherine M Blundell, A Celotti, CS Crawford

Discovery of the Low-Energy Cutoff in a Powerful Giant Radio Galaxy

Astrophysical Journal Letters 644 (2006) L13-L16

Authors:

KM Blundell, A.C. Fabian, Carolin S. Crawford, M.C. Erlund

Discovery of the low-energy cutoff in a powerful giant radio galaxy

(2006)

Authors:

Katherine Blundell, Andy Fabian, Carolin Crawford, Mary Erlund, Annalisa Celotti

Extended inverse compton emission from distant powerful radio galaxies

European Space Agency Special Publication ESA SP 2:604 (2006) 611-612

Authors:

MC Erlund, AC Fabian, KM Blundell, A Celotti, C Crawford

Abstract:

Chandra observations of 3C432, 3C 191 and B2 0902+34 are presented as part of an ongoing search for inverse-Compton scattering of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) from high redshift radio sources (Schwartz, 2000). The energy density of the CMB increases with redshift, z, as (1 + z)⁴, so the relatively high redshift of these powerful radio galaxies makes them good candidates for detecting extended inverse-Compton scattering along the radio jet axis: we do indeed detect radio-aligned X-ray emission.

Complex small-scale structure in the infrared extinction towards the Galactic Centre

ArXiv astro-ph/0602410 (2006)

Authors:

Andrew J Gosling, Katherine M Blundell, Reba Bandyopadhyay

Abstract:

A high level of complex structure, or ``granularity'', has been observed in the distribution of infrared-obscuring material towards the Galactic Centre (GC), with a characteristic scale of 5arcsec - 15arcsec, corresponding to 0.2 - 0.6pc at a GC distance of 8.5kpc. This structure has been observed in ISAAC images which have a resolution of 0.6arcsec, significantly higher than that of previous studies of the GC. We have discovered granularity throughout the GC survey region, which covers an area of 1.6deg x 0.8deg in longitude and latitude respectively (300pc x 120pc at 8.5kpc) centred on Sgr A*. This granularity is variable over the whole region, with some areas exhibiting highly structured extinction in one or more wavebands and other areas displaying no structure and a uniform stellar distribution in all wavebands. The granularity does not appear to correspond to longitude, latitude or radial distance from Sgr A*. We find that regions exhibiting high granularity are strongly associated with high stellar reddening.

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