The inner jet of an active galactic nucleus as revealed by a radio-to- -ray outburst

Blazars are the most extreme active galactic nuclei. They possess oppositely directed plasma jets emanating at near light speeds from accreting supermassive black holes. According to theoretical models, such jets are propelled by magnetic fields twisted by differential rotation of the black hole...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Nature (London) 2008-04, Vol.452 (7190), p.966-969
Hauptverfasser:	Marscher, Alan P, Jorstad, Svetlana G, D'Arcangelo, Francesca D, Smith, Paul S, Williams, G. Grant, Larionov, Valeri M, Oh, Haruki, Olmstead, Alice R, Aller, Margo F, Aller, Hugh D, McHardy, Ian M, Lähteenmäki, Anne, Tornikoski, Merja, Valtaoja, Esko, Hagen-Thorn, Vladimir A, Kopatskaya, Eugenia N, Gear, Walter K, Tosti, Gino, Kurtanidze, Omar, Nikolashvili, Maria, Sigua, Lorand, Miller, H. Richard, Ryle, Wesley T
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Accretion Accretion disks Astrophysics Doppler effect Flow velocity Frequencies Magnetic fields Plasma Radiation Space telescopes
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