The central engines of radio-loud quasars

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 409, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 887-898

  Wang, J M ^a,b,c   Ho, L C ^d   Staubert, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^c Alexander von Humboldt Fellow ^*  (Germany)

^d OCIW   (United States)

Author keywords

BL Lacertae objects: general; Galaxies: active; Galaxies: jets; Galaxies: Seyfert; Quasars: general

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION DISKS; BLACK HOLE; RADIO EMISSION; RADIO GALAXIES; RADIO LOUD QUASARS; RADIO LUMINOSITY;

CORRELATION THEORY; GALAXIES; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPACE TELESCOPES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

RADIO ASTRONOMY;

EID: 0142135163     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20031218     Document Type: Article

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