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Relativistic Jets in Radio-Weak Quasars and LINER Galaxies

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We discuss radio observations of a sample of radio-weak and radio-intermediate quasars which demonstrate that - just like their radio-loud counterparts - radio-weak quasars too have relativistic jets in their nuclei. Moreover, a VLA survey of nearby LINER galaxies reveals a relatively large number of flat-spectrum radio cores. It is suggested that those cores are also best explained by moderately relativistic jets (gamma~2) produced by a central engine.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9708126,
  title  = {Relativistic Jets in Radio-Weak Quasars and LINER Galaxies},
  author = {Heino Falcke and A. S. Wilson and L. C. Ho},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9708126},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

Proceedings of the Workshop "Relativistic Jets in AGN", Cracow 1997, M. Ostrowski, M. Sikora, G. Madejski, M. Begelman (eds.), Tex, 7 pages, preprint also available at http://www.astro.umd.edu/~hfalcke/publications.html#cracow97