Comparison of radio observations and numerical simulations of the radio lobes of cygnus A

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 620, Issue 1 I, 2005, Pages 126-144

  Carvalho, Joel C ^a,d   Daly, Ruth A ^b   Mory, Matthew P ^b   O'Dea, Christopher P ^c  

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

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Galaxies: individual (Cygnus A); Galaxies: jets; Hydrodynamics; Intergalactic medium; Radio continuum: galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 15944384318     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/426857     Document Type: Article

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