The speed and orientation of the parsec-scale jet in 3C 279

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 588, Issue 2 I, 2003, Pages 716-730

  Piner, B Glenn ^a   Unwin, Stephen C ^b   Wehrle, Ann E ^c   Zook, Alma C ^d   Urry, C Megan ^e   Gilmore, Diane M ^f  

^a WHITTIER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^e Yale University   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Galaxies: jets; Quasars: individual (3C 279); Radiation mechanisms: nonthermal; Radio continuum: galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041760846     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/374212     Document Type: Article

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