Chandra X-ray Observations of Cygnus A and Pictor A

Abstract

We describe observations of the two nearest, powerful radio galaxies with the Chandra X-ray Observatory: Cygnus A (z = 0.0562) and Pictor A (z = 0.035). Since the early results from these observations are published elsewhere (Wilson, Young & Shopbell 2000, 2001), we here confine ourselves to a summary of the main conclusions and a few remarks about other aspects of the results on Cygnus A, which will be amplified in a future paper.

To be published in the Proceedings of the Oxford Conference ``Particles and Fields in Radio Galaxies'', Eds R. A. Laing and K. M. Blundell, ASP Conference Series (2001); 7 pages, 7 figures