Optical polarization and spectral variability in the M87 jet

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 743, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Perlman, Eric S ^a   Adams, Steven C ^b   Cara, Mihai ^a,k   Bourque, Matthew ^a,c   Harris, D E ^c   Madrid, Juan P ^d   Simons, Raymond C ^a   Clausen Brown, Eric ^e   Cheung, C C ^f,l   Stawarz, Lukasz ^g,h   Georganopoulos, Markos ⁱ   Sparks, William B ^j   Biretta, John A ^j  

^a Florida Institute of Technology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^d SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^g JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^h JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^j STScI   (United States)

^k CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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Author keywords

galaxies: active; galaxies: individual (M87); galaxies: jets; galaxies: nuclei

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455221079     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/743/2/119     Document Type: Article

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