Contribution

The radio continuum properties of Centaurus A

Presenter: Martin Hardcastle (University of Hertfordshire)

Abstract: The five-year WMAP results coupled with single-dish observations at low frequencies have provided us with the first broad-band, spatially resolved observational constraints on the radio spectral properties of the giant lobes of Centaurus A. I will review what this tells us about the dynamics and activity history of the source and comment on the implications for inverse-Compton emission and high-energy particle acceleration in the giant lobes.

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