Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Journal Abbreviations
- Preface
- 1 Introduction: synchrotron and inverse-Compton radiation
- 2 Observations of large scale extragalactic jets
- 3 Interpretation of large scale extragalactic jets
- 4 Interpretation of parsec scale jets
- 5 From nucleus to hotspot: nine powers of ten
- 6 The stability of jets
- 7 Numerical simulations of radio source structure
- 8 The production of jets and their relation to active galactic nuclei
- 9 Particle acceleration and magnetic field evolution
- 10 Jets in the Galaxy
- Index of Objects
- Index of Subjects
Journal Abbreviations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 March 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Journal Abbreviations
- Preface
- 1 Introduction: synchrotron and inverse-Compton radiation
- 2 Observations of large scale extragalactic jets
- 3 Interpretation of large scale extragalactic jets
- 4 Interpretation of parsec scale jets
- 5 From nucleus to hotspot: nine powers of ten
- 6 The stability of jets
- 7 Numerical simulations of radio source structure
- 8 The production of jets and their relation to active galactic nuclei
- 9 Particle acceleration and magnetic field evolution
- 10 Jets in the Galaxy
- Index of Objects
- Index of Subjects
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- Beams and Jets in Astrophysics , pp. ix - xPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1991