The fastest relativistic jets: VLBA observations of blazars with apparent speeds exceeding 25c

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 640, Issue 1 I, 2006, Pages 196-203

  Piner, B G ^a,b   Bhattarai, D ^a   Edwards, P G ^c   Jones, D L ^b  

^a WHITTIER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645530048     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/500006     Document Type: Article

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