Reconnecting magnetic flux tubes as a source of in situ acceleration in extragalactic radio sources

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 456, Issue 2 PART II, 1996, Pages

  Blackman, Eric G ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration of particles; Galaxies: Active; Galaxies: Jets; Galaxies: Magnetic fields; Magnetic fields; MHD

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002097679     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/309873     Document Type: Article

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