The spectrum and variability of circular polarization in Sagittarius A* from 1.4 to 15 GHz

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 571, Issue 2 I, 2002, Pages 843-855

  Bower, Geoffrey C ^a,b   Falcke, Heino ^c   Sault, Robert J ^d   Backer, Donald C ^b  

^a NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Galaxy: center; Polarization; Radiation mechanisms: nonthermal; Scattering

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013012601     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/340064     Document Type: Article

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