The Cocoon Shocks of Cygnus A: Pressures and Their Implications for the Jets and Lobes

Bradford Snios, Paul E. J. Nulsen, Michael W. Wise +18

We use 2.0 Msec of Chandra observations to investigate the cocoon shocks of Cygnus A and some implications for its lobes and jet. Measured shock Mach numbers vary in the range 1.18…