Relativistic Phenomena in Active Galactic Nuclei
Astrophysics
2009-11-10 v1
Abstract
The idea that the radio jets in AGN contain material in relativistic motion is supported by many lines of observational evidence, including morphology, brightness temperature estimated with interferometers and with intrinsic variations, interstellar scintillations, X-rays, and superluminal motion. These are largely independent, and taken together make an irrefutable case for relativistic motion.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0402158,
title = {Relativistic Phenomena in Active Galactic Nuclei},
author = {M. H. Cohen and M. L. Lister and R. C. Vermeulen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0402158},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
16 pages, 8 Figures. To appear in "Radio Astronomy at 70: from Karl Jansky to microjansky", eds. L.I.Gurvits, S.Frey, S.Rawlings, 2004, EDP Sciences, in press