Multiepoch Very Long Baseline Array observations of EGRET-detected quasars and BL Lacertae objects: Superluminal motion of gamma-ray bright blazars

Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 181-240

  Jorstad, Svetlana G ^a,b   Marscher, Alan P ^a   Mattox, John R ^a,c   Wehrle, Ann E ^d   Bloom, Steven D ^e   Yurchenko, Alexei V ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e HAMPDEN SYDNEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

BL Lacertae objects: general; Galaxies: jets; Gamma rays: observations; Quasars: general; Radio continuum: galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000968449     PISSN: 00670049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/320858     Document Type: Article

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