The statistics and ages of compact symmetric objects

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 460, Issue 2 PART I, 1996, Pages 612-633

  Readhead, A C S ^a   Taylor, G B ^a   Xu, W ^a   Pearson, T J ^a   Wilkinson, P N ^b   Polatidis, A G ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Galaxies: compact; Galaxies: jets; Radio continuum: galaxies; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645010465     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/176996     Document Type: Article

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