Radio and X-ray study of Cygnus A

Astrophysics and Space Science

Volumn 310, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 321-325

  Steenbrugge, Katrien C ^a   Blundell, Katherine M ^b  

^a ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Galaxies: jets; Galaxies: radio; Galaxies: X ray

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547873582     PISSN: 0004640X     EISSN: 1572946X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10509-007-9541-5     Document Type: Article

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