Pair plasma dominance in the 3C 279 jet on parsec scales

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 263-267

  Hirotani, Kouichi ^a   Iguchi, Satoru ^b   Kimura, Moritaka ^c   Wajima, Kiyoaki ^d,e  

^a NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Galaxies: radio; Quasars: individual (3C 279)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; POSITRONS;

ELECTRON NUMBER DENSITIES; ELECTRON-POSITRON PLASMA; GALAXIES ACTIVE; INTERFEROMETRY DATA; LOWER LIMITS; PAIR PLASMA; QUASAR: INDIVIDUAL (3C 279); QUASARS: INDIVIDUAL; SELF ABSORPTION; VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY;

GALAXIES;

EID: 0033245131     PISSN: 00046264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pasj/51.2.263     Document Type: Article

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