Brightness suppression of relativistic radio jets of quasars: The role of the lower electron energy cutoff

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 603, Issue 1 II, 2004, Pages

  Gopal Krishna, ^a,c   Biermann, Peter L ^a   Wiita, Paul J ^b,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTRE FOR RADIO ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Galaxies: jets; Quasars: general; Radiation mechanisms: nonthermal; Radio continuum: galaxies; X rays: galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 2142644683     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/383090     Document Type: Article

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