X-ray polarization in relativistic jets

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 395, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1507-1514

  McNamara, Aimee L ^a   Kuncic, Zdenka ^a   Wu, Kinwah ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Galaxies: jets; Polarization; Scattering; X rays: general

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ELLIPSOMETRY; GALAXIES; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; POLARIMETERS; X RAY SCATTERING;

ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI; COMPTONIZATION; COSMIC MICROWAVES BACKGROUND; GALAXIES JETS; POLARIZATION PROPERTIES; RELATIVISTIC JETS; X-RAY EMISSION; X-RAY GENERAL; X-RAY POLARIMETRY; X-RAY POLARIZATIONS;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 65649113955     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.14608.x     Document Type: Article

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