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EAS Publications Series
Volume 15, 2005
Radio Astronomy from Karl Jansky to Microjansky – JENAM'03
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| Page(s) | 93 - 107 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/eas:2005148 | |
| Published online | 26 January 2006 | |
Radio Astronomy from Karl Jansky to Microjansky – JENAM'03
L.I. Gurvits, S. Frey and S. Rawlings (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 15 (2005) 93-107
L.I. Gurvits, S. Frey and S. Rawlings (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 15 (2005) 93-107
Relativistic phenomena in active galactic nuclei
1
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena,
CA 91125, USA
2
Department of Physics, Purdue University,
West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
3
ASTRON, PO Box 2, 7990 AA Dwingeloo,
The Netherlands
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.
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