How fast are the large-scale jets in quasars? Constraints on both Doppler beaming and intrinsic asymmetries

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 286, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 425-435

  Wardle, J F C ^a   Aaron, S E ^b,c  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOINT INSTITUTE FOR VLBI IN EUROPE   (Netherlands)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Galaxies: jets; Quasars: general

Indexed keywords

SPEED;

COUNTER-JET; DOPPLER; FLUX RATIO; GALAXIES ACTIVE; GALAXIES JETS; LARGE-SCALES; QUASARS:GENERAL; UPPER LIMITS;

GALAXIES;

EID: 0010952057     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/286.2.425     Document Type: Article

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