Chandra observations of Cygnus A: Magnetic field strengths in the hot spots of a radio galaxy

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 544, Issue 1 PART 2, 2000, Pages

  Wilson, A S ^a,c   Young, A J ^a   Shopbell, P L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c AURA for the European Space Agency   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Galaxies: individual (Cygnus A); Galaxies: jets; Galaxies: nuclei; Magnetic fields; X rays: galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034693559     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/317293     Document Type: Article

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