The optical-near-infrared spectrum of the M87 jet from Hubble Space Telescope observations

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 551, Issue 1 PART 1, 2001, Pages 206-222

  Perlman, Eric S ^a,b,c   Biretta, John A ^c   Sparks, William B ^b,c   Macchetto, F Duccio ^c,d   Leahy, J Patrick ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STScI   (United States)

^d EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acceleration of particles; Galaxies: active; Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; Galaxies: individual (M87); Galaxies: jets

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035836861     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/320052     Document Type: Article

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