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Some Intrinsic Properties of Parsec-scale Radio Jets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

Steven J. Tingay
Steven J. Tingay*
Affiliation:
Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories, Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University, Private Bag, Weston Creek, ACT 2611, Australia. [email protected]
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Abstract

A simple model for estimating the intrinsic flow direction and speed in the parsec-scale jets associated with extragalactic radio sources is presented. In this model, radio source brightness asymmetries are attributed to the apparent amplification caused when a relativistic jet of radiating material is somewhat aligned with the observers line of sight. The knots of emission commonly seen in parsec-scale radio jets are interpreted as shocks in the relativistic fluid.

Keywords

galaxies: jetsradio continuum: galaxies
Type
Magnetic Fields, Disks and Jets: A Workshop organised by the ANU Astrophysical Theory Centre The ANU Astrophysical Theory Centre
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , January 1996 , pp. 103 - 105
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1996

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