The invariant twist of magnetic fields in the relativistic jets of active galactic nuclei

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 702, Issue 2 PART 2, 2009, Pages

  Contopoulos, Ioannis ^a   Christodoulou, Dimitris M ^b   Kazanas, Demosthenes ^c   Gabuzda, Denise C ^d  

^a BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^b University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Accretion, accretion disks; Galaxies: active; Galaxies: jets; Galaxies: magnetic fields; Magnetic fields

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949538581     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/702/2/L148     Document Type: Article

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