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The Spectral and Spatial Decomposition of Extragalactic Radio Sources

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

L. Rudnick  and
D.M. Katz-Stone
L. Rudnick
Affiliation:
1 University of Minnesota - Dept. of Astronomy 116 Church St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
D.M. Katz-Stone
Affiliation:
1 University of Minnesota - Dept. of Astronomy 116 Church St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA

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We have developed a new set of techniques for extracting information from maps of synchrotron emission. Some of these methods are used to determine the shape of the spectrum and then to isolate the contributions of the number and energy of relativistic electrons and the local magnetic field strength to the total intensity images. These are discussed in Katz-Stone, Rudnick & Anderson (1993), Katz-Stone & Rudnick (1994), and Rudnick, Katz-Stone & Anderson, (1994). Here, we describe a method - called spectral tomography - to remove confusion from various features along the line of sight. We find that both structural and spectral confusion are commonplace, and therefore our dynamical and radiative models of extragalactic sources need significant revision.

Type
Radio Source Modelling and Emission Mechanisms
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 175: Extragalactic Radio Sources , 1996 , pp. 489 - 490
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1996 

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