Doppler boosting, superluminal motion, and the kinematics of AGN jets

Astrophysics and Space Science

Volumn 311, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 231-239

  Kellermann, K I ^a   Kovalev, Y Y ^b,c   Lister, M L ^d   Homan, D C ^e   Kadler, M ^f   Cohen, M H ^g   Ros, E ^b   Zensus, J A ^b   Vermeulen, R C ^h   Aller, M F ⁱ   Aller, H D ⁱ  

^a NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^c LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h ASTRON   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration of particles; Galaxies: active; Galaxies: individual (M87); Galaxies: jets; Quasars: general; Radio continuum: galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 35248878058     PISSN: 0004640X     EISSN: 1572946X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10509-007-9622-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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