The power of relativistic jets is larger than the luminosity of their accretion disks

Nature

Volumn 515, Issue 7527, 2014, Pages 376-378

  Ghisellini, G ^a   Tavecchio, F ^a   Maraschi, L ^a   Celotti, A ^a,b,c   Sbarrato, T ^a,d,e  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

^b SISSA   (Italy)

^c SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^e EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; JET STREAM; LUMINESCENCE; MAGNETIC FIELD;

ARTICLE; ENERGY; FIELD EMISSION; LUMINANCE; MAGNETIC FIELD; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SIMULATION;

EID: 84911473839     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13856     Document Type: Article

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