Month-timescale optical variability in the M87 jet

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 599, Issue 2 II, 2003, Pages

  Perlman, Eric S ^a,b   Harris, D E ^c   Biretta, John A ^d   Sparks, William B ^d   Macchetto, F Duccio ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^d STScI   (United States)

^e EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BL Lacertae objects: general; Galaxies: active; Galaxies: individual (M87); Galaxies: jets; Magnetic fields; Radiation mechanisms: nonthermal

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347931823     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/381191     Document Type: Article

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