Modelling extended extragalactic radio sources

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-74

  Bailer Jones, Daniela M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Embedding; Radio sources; Representation; Scientific models; Splitting up into sub models

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034148312     PISSN: 13552198     EISSN: 18792502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1355-2198(99)00028-3     Document Type: Article

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