Relativistic plasma as the dominant source of the optical continuum emission in the broad-line radio galaxy 3C 120

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 715, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 355-361

  Leon Tavares J ^a,b,c   Lobanov, A P ^a   Chavushyan, V H ^b   Arshakian, T G ^a   Doroshenko, V T ^d,e,f   Sergeev, S G ^e,f   Efimov, Y S ^e,f   Nazarov, S V ^e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ASTROFÍSICA   (Mexico)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^d MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e CRIMEAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (Ukraine)

^f Crimean Branch   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Adio continuum: galaxies; Aeleration of particles; Alaxies: active; Alaxies: individual (3C 120); Alaxies: jets

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951809873     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/715/1/355     Document Type: Article

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