Large-scale, decelerating, relativistic x-ray jets from the microquasar XTE J1550-564

Science

Volumn 298, Issue 5591, 2002, Pages 196-199

  Corbel, S ^a   Fender, R P ^a   Tzioumis, A K ^a   Tomsick, J A ^a   Orosz, J A ^a   Miller, J M ^a   Wijnands, R ^a   Kaaret, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECELERATION; JETS; PLASMAS; RADIO WAVES; VELOCITY;

ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI;

X RAYS;

ASTRONOMY; PLASMA;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; COSMOS; DECELERATION; ENERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; VELOCITY; X RAY;

EID: 0037020121     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1075857     Document Type: Article

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