Resolving the shocks in radio galaxy nebulae: Hubble space telescope and radio imaging of 3C 171, 3C 277.3, and PKS 2250-41

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2513-2521

  Tilak, Avanti ^a   O'Dea, Christopher P ^b   Tadhunter, Clive ^c   Wills, Karen ^d   Morganti, Raffaella ^b   Baum, Stefi A ^e   Koekemoer, Anton M ^f   Dallacasa, Daniele ^g  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d ASTRON   (Netherlands)

^e STScI   (United States)

^f Dipartimento di Astronomia   (Italy)

^g CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Galaxies: individual (3C 171, PKS 2250 41, 3C 277.3); Galaxies: interactions; Galaxies: jets; Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; Shock waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645135578     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/497265     Document Type: Article

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