Hostname: page-component-8448b6f56d-sxzjt Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-23T12:05:11.956Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Relativistic phenomena in active galactic nuclei

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 January 2006

L.I. Gurvits ,
S. Frey ,
S. Rawlings ,
M. H. Cohen ,
M. L. Lister  and
R. C. Vermeulen
M. H. Cohen
Affiliation:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
M. L. Lister
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
R. C. Vermeulen
Affiliation:
ASTRON, PO Box 2, 7990 AA Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
Get access

Abstract

The idea that the radio jets in AGN contain material in relativistic motion is supported by many lines of observational evidence, including morphology, brightness temperature estimated with interferometers and with intrinsic variations, interstellar scintillations, X-rays, and superluminal motion. These are largely independent, and taken together make an irrefutable case for relativistic motion.


Type
Research Article
Information
European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 15: Radio Astronomy from Karl Jansky to Microjansky – JENAM'03 , 2005 , pp. 93 - 107
Copyright
© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2005

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)