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Compact Radio Sources in the Nuclei of Elliptical Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

R. D. Ekers
R. D. Ekers*
Affiliation:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif., U.S.A.

Abstract

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Ten percent of the intrinsically bright elliptical galaxies contain compact radio sources (angular size < 3 arc sec) with radio luminosity ∼ 1040 erg s−1. The presence of a compact source is correlated with the presence of extended radio emission and with the presence of optical emission lines.

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Research Article
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 44: External Galaxies and Quasi-Stellar Objects , 1972 , pp. 222 - 223
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1972 

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